Sylvia Plath was born on October 27, 1932 in Boston, Massachusetts. Plath's mother met her soul mate while she was a master's student at Boston University. Sylvia's mother was Aurelia Schober and her father was Otto Plath. When Sylvia was only 8 years old, her father died due to problems with diabetes. His father was very strict and mean. The death of Sylvia's father and his strict authority was the reason for all her poems and stories. She specifically wrote a poem about her father, “Papa.” Sylvia was always driven to succeed in life, even in her early years as a child. Plath kept a diary since the age of 11 and wrote poems and stories. She would publish them in regional magazines and newspapers. Sylvia's first national publication was in the Christian Science Monitor in 1950. Plath had just graduated from high school. In 1950, Sylvia entered Smith College. Plath was a good student, but not the best. Plath got into a lot of trouble when she was in college. In 1953, she was considered depressed and attempted suicide. She ended up transferring to Summa Cum Laude and graduated in 1955. After graduating, Sylvia then moved to Cambridge, England. She moved on a Fulbright scholarship. In early 1956, Plath was invited to a party and soon met her future husband, the English poet Ted Hughes. They later married on June 16, 1956. Sylvia later returned to Massachusetts in 1957. She studied with Robert Lowell. Plath's first collection of poems, Colossus, was published in 1960 in England. Then, published two years later in the United States. Sylvia returned to England so she could give birth to her and her husband's two children. Their names were Frieda and Nicholas Hugh... middle of paper ... important to her. She comes and goes. Every morning, it is his face that replaces the darkness. In me she drowned a young girl, and in me an old woman rises to her day after day, like a terrible fish. » This poem has so much meaning. at this you can see the insecurities in his heart. Being left to another woman would drive any woman crazy. Works Cited Ferretter, Luke. The Fiction of Sylvia Plath: A Critical Study. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2010. E-Book Collection (EBSCOhost). Internet. February 28, 2014. Butscher, Edward. Sylvia Plath: Method and madness. Tucson, Arizona: Schaffner Press, 2003. Electronic Book Collection (EBSCOhost). Internet. February 28, 2014. Spivack, Kathleen. With Robert Lowell and his entourage: Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton, Elizabeth Bishop, Stanley Kunitz and others. Boston: Northeastern University Press, 2012. Electronic Book Collection (EBSCOhost). Internet. February 28. 2014.