“In a sense she [Sylvia Plath] was the victim of an obsessive talent that sent her out into the world to gather sensations and seek wounds that could provide creative inspiration. Having acquired the wounds she stuck her fingers into them, turning the pain and blood into lines of highly subjective poetry that both repel and fascinate the reader.” InspirationCreativityTalentSylvia PlathConfessional Poetry Book:A Closer Look at Ariel: A Memory of Sylvia Plath Source: A Closer Look at Ariel: A Memory of Sylvia Plath