The woman is perfected. Her dead body wears the smile of accomplishment.
— Sylvia Plath Modern

The Bell Jar, confessional poetry

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From poem 'Edge' (written days before suicide)

Date / Period

1963

Category

Controversial

Source

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/49008/edge

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