Research Poet: Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath

Born on 27th October, 1932 in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, USA.
Died 11th February, 1963
She was known for writing confessional poetry, reflecting on her life through the poems she wrote


Three interesting facts about her
1. Plath committed suicide at the age of 30 by putting her head in the oven with the gas turned on.
2. Sylvia Plath had two children named Frieda and Nicholas, with her husband Ted Hughes
3. She began writing and publishing her poems at the age of eight

Names of the poems we are studying written by her
1. Mirror
2. Cinderella