Understanding Confessionalism: Psychological Insights in the Poetry of Kamala Das and Sylvia Plath
Keywords:
Confessional poetry, Psyche, Self-expression, Self-analysis, Oppressed voice, Individual liberty, FeminismAbstract
Kamala Das and Sylvia Plath are distinguished poets of confessional poetry. Confessional poetry is a branch of post-modern poetry. It has heralded a new era of English poetry. In confessional poetry poets bare their hearts to have psychic reliefs. Plath is an American confessional poet and Kamala Das is a traditional Indian woman writing poetry to exude her intense repressive feeling of sexual exploitation and humiliation in her conjugal life as well as in her society. Both the poets have written poems to articulate their strong mortified emotions. They have defied taboos and showed their courage to voice their protest and resentment against the patriarchal society. They have used poetry as a medium of their oppressed voice and the victims of the sexist society. Their poetry is an analysis and exploration of their tormented minds.
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