Question
This poet’s daughter wrote about her abusive treatment in the autobiography Searching for Mercy Street. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this poet, who addressed her dead father’s belongings in the poem “All My Pretty Ones.” This poet explored her own mental health in the Pulitzer-winning collection Live or Die.
ANSWER: Anne Sexton
[10m] Sexton is a member of this poetic movement, like John Berryman. This poetic movement that takes its name from a term used in M. L. Rosenthal’s review of Robert Lowell’s collection Life Studies included Sylvia Plath.
ANSWER: Confessional poetry [or Confessionalism or Confessionalist]
[10e] Sexton wrote a poem about the death of her parent’s called “All My Pretty Ones” which takes its title from a line spoken by Macduff in this play. This Shakespeare play is titled for a Scottish king.
ANSWER: Macbeth [or The Tragedy of Macbeth]
<Literature - American Literature>
Summary
| 2023 ACF Fall (Rutgers) | 10/14/2023 | Y | 5 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
Data
| NYU B | University of Delaware B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Princeton | Swarthmore B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Swarthmore A | Maryland | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Rowan | University of Delaware A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Columbia B | Columbia A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |