this is the first time I've ever read a poetry book cover to cover, this is quite a new experience to me. Anne Sexton is a tortured soul, like all poets are, some of her poems were so touching, some of her lines affected me, at the same time she has poems that resemble ramblings of madness that made no sense to me and reading them was quite tedious. My next poetry book will be that of Anne's friend Sylvia, another confessional poetess, queen of sweet gloom.