Sylivia Plath
Accelerated English 11
May 17, 2013
Sylvia Plath “I talk to God but the sky is empty.” Sylvia Plath was one of America’s greatest poets. She was best known for her dramatic, emotional poems inspired by deep continuous depression and multiple suicide attempts. Unfortunately, she succeeded in the early months of 1963. Sylvia Plath was born October 27, 1932 in Boston, Massachusetts; she had only one younger brother named Warren. From the very beginning Sylvia’s parents knew she was going to be special, Plath started talking at a young age and began writing full poems at the age of five. Then the year that she turned eight years old she had her first poem published in one of Boston’s newspaper, later that same year her father died of an increased infection in his foot that soon led to gangrene. The grief of her father’s death would affect the rest of Sylvia’s life in a way no one would ever believe. Sylvia had always been a smart child; she even began school two years earlier than the rest of her classmates. Until her mother took a teaching job at Boston’s University when she re-enrolled Sylvia back in to the 5th grade. Throughout Sylvia’s middle school and high school career she continued to write and draw and every once in a while she would have a piece of her work published in the schools newspaper. In 1949 she again had the recognition of another major newspaper along with a classmate; together they worked on a response article for a newspaper. Leading into and during her senior year she had a short story and a poem published in large-circulation magazines. Plath graduated top of her class in 1950 with the recognition of a writer, artist and editor. Plath entered Smith College in the fall semester of 1950. There she decided to continue her writing career. During her time at Smith she continued to publish short stories and poems in both the college newspaper and in popular magazines. In 1952 she won her first award for a writing contest that was held by
May 17, 2013
Sylvia Plath “I talk to God but the sky is empty.” Sylvia Plath was one of America’s greatest poets. She was best known for her dramatic, emotional poems inspired by deep continuous depression and multiple suicide attempts. Unfortunately, she succeeded in the early months of 1963. Sylvia Plath was born October 27, 1932 in Boston, Massachusetts; she had only one younger brother named Warren. From the very beginning Sylvia’s parents knew she was going to be special, Plath started talking at a young age and began writing full poems at the age of five. Then the year that she turned eight years old she had her first poem published in one of Boston’s newspaper, later that same year her father died of an increased infection in his foot that soon led to gangrene. The grief of her father’s death would affect the rest of Sylvia’s life in a way no one would ever believe. Sylvia had always been a smart child; she even began school two years earlier than the rest of her classmates. Until her mother took a teaching job at Boston’s University when she re-enrolled Sylvia back in to the 5th grade. Throughout Sylvia’s middle school and high school career she continued to write and draw and every once in a while she would have a piece of her work published in the schools newspaper. In 1949 she again had the recognition of another major newspaper along with a classmate; together they worked on a response article for a newspaper. Leading into and during her senior year she had a short story and a poem published in large-circulation magazines. Plath graduated top of her class in 1950 with the recognition of a writer, artist and editor. Plath entered Smith College in the fall semester of 1950. There she decided to continue her writing career. During her time at Smith she continued to publish short stories and poems in both the college newspaper and in popular magazines. In 1952 she won her first award for a writing contest that was held by