The Fury of Abandonment

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"The Fury of Abandonment" is a poem from Anne Sexton's confessional poetry collection *Live or Die*, exploring intense emotional turmoil, loss, and psychological fragmentation.

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The Fury of Abandonment canonical 3
The Fury of Departures 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf poem ⓘ
associatedWithAuthorPeriod Anne Sexton’s middle career ⓘ
author Anne Sexton ⓘ
collection Live or Die ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
exploresTheme abandonment ⓘ
despair ⓘ
emotional turmoil ⓘ
identity crisis ⓘ
loss ⓘ
mental illness ⓘ
psychological fragmentation ⓘ
form free verse ⓘ
genre lyric poetry ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn readers’ understanding of abandonment in confessional poetry ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement confessional poetry ⓘ
literaryPeriod 20th-century American literature ⓘ
narrativePerspective first person ⓘ
partOf Anne Sexton’s poetic oeuvre ⓘ
publicationMedium print ⓘ
relatedWork Live or Die ⓘ
style autobiographical elements ⓘ
imagistic ⓘ
psychologically focused ⓘ
subjectOf literary criticism on confessional poetry ⓘ
tone anguished ⓘ
confessional ⓘ
intense ⓘ
usesMotif emotional breakdown ⓘ
family relationships ⓘ
self-destruction ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Live or Die → hasPoem → The Fury of Abandonment ⓘ
The Book of Folly → containsWork → The Fury of Abandonment ⓘ
1972: The Book of Folly → hasPoem → The Fury of Abandonment ⓘ
1972: The Book of Folly → hasPoem → The Fury of Departures ⓘ
linked to: The Fury of Abandonment