Anne Sexton's poetry : reflections on death
Other Title(s)
شعر آن سكستون : تأملات عن الموت
Author
Source
Al-Ustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences
Issue
Vol. 2, Issue 214 (30 Sep. 2015), pp.25-36, 12 p.
Publisher
University of Baghdad College of Education for Human Science / Ibn Rushd
Publication Date
2015-09-30
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
12
Main Subjects
Abstract AR
شجعت آن سكستون من قبل طبيبها النفسي أورن مارتن على كتابة شعر عن خبراتها في معالجته لها من مرضها النفسي، لعل هذا ينفع من هو في مثل حالتها و يخفف الإحساس بالوحدة.
إذن كان لابد أن يكون لشعرها علاقة بتلك الأفكار و بما له علاقة بالموت.
إن قصائدها قد أفصحت من أحداث في عائلها كعلاجها النفسي.
و لكن قصائدها ليست- سيرة حياة ذاتية كما تبدو و إنما فيها مواضيع رمزية و أساليب معالجة شعرية جعلت شعرها يبدو مؤثرا.
تبدو سكستون مهووسة فكر الموت.
لقد كتب عن من الرغبة في الموت، طبيعة الانتحار، و عن محاولاتها للانتحار قبل أن تنفذها.
الموت بالنسبة لها مخيف و كريه مع أنها تراه حالة لها وجود في الحياة، انه هنا، في الحياة و في كل وقت، فكلاهما لا يمكن الاستغناء عنهما في أعماقها لا يوجد غير الدمار و الإلغاء آخر الموت.
الموت و الشعر كلاهما يمثلان ملاذأ لها.
Abstract EN
Anne Sexton was encouraged by her therapist Dr.
Martin Orne to take up poetry about her experiences in her therapist's treatment of her mental illness as this might help others with similar difficulties to feel less alone, thus, there must be a focus on these thoughts or what is related to it, ie, death.
The events of Sexton's life are revealed in her poems such as her therapy.
Yet, the poems are not as autobiographical as they seem, that they are poems, not memoirs, in which there are recurrent symbolic themes and poetic techniques that make Sexton's work impressive.
Sexton seems obsessed with the idea of death.
She wrote about wanting to die, the nature of suicide, and about her suicide attempts before she carried them out.
Death to her is horrifying and unpleasant though she viewed death as a state which exists in life; it is "here", ie, in life and all the time ; so, to her , death and life are inseparable— in her heart lies nothing but damage, annihilation, ie, death.
Death offers her a refuge as much as her poetry does.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Muhammad, Ruwaydah Jasim. 2015. Anne Sexton's poetry : reflections on death. Al-Ustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences،Vol. 2, no. 214, pp.25-36.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-691663
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Muhammad, Ruwaydah Jasim. Anne Sexton's poetry : reflections on death. Al-Ustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences Vol. 2, no. 214 (2015), pp.25-36.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-691663
American Medical Association (AMA)
Muhammad, Ruwaydah Jasim. Anne Sexton's poetry : reflections on death. Al-Ustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences. 2015. Vol. 2, no. 214, pp.25-36.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-691663
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 35-36
Record ID
BIM-691663