Henry Davies, And Portia Lane: A Poetry Analysis

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Anne Sexton, George Byron, William Henry Davies, and Portia Lane used events from their lives and converted them to poems. Sexton was born into a dysfunctional family as her father was an alcoholic, and her mother was constantly failing to get her goals straightened out. As a child Sexton was abused both physically and sexually by her parents, so she was constantly escaping from her house in order to find some peace in her crazy life. Sexton disliked school and was never able to focus, resulting in her parents sending her to boarding school at Rodgers Hall in Lowell, Massachusetts where she eventually picked up poetry (Wagner-Martin). Poetry was a way for her to escape the stress of her life. George Byron was born in London but later moved to Aberdeen, …show more content…
Having a life long dream of traveling abroad Byron collected enough funds to be able to accomplish that. On that trip he sailed through ocean, rode on horseback across Spain, and during all of this he was experiencing the greatness of nature and being away from his busy life. This trip that he took eventually lead him to writing of the poem called “Childe Harold's Pilgrimage”. Portia Lane was Born in California and has worked there throughout her life (Poems Database). Lane uses no specific style and keeps her identity mostly unknown besides revealing herself in unique ways through her poetry. Lane wrote the poem “Escape to Nature” from past experiences in her life, and about escaping the reality of the busy world into nature. William Henry Davies was born in Newport Monmouthshire, Wales but was always on the move. Davies traveled through the United States, across the atlantic a few times, made his way to Canada, and eventually ended up in England where he would die (William Henry Davies). During his travels Davies lived as a hobo in both