The Operation

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"The Operation" is a poem from the collection *Live or Die* by Anne Sexton that confronts illness, medical intervention, and mortality with stark, confessional intensity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf poem
author Anne Sexton NERFINISHED
collectionPublicationYear 1966
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
explores fear of death
the body as a medical object
the experience of hospitalization
the psychological impact of illness
firstPublishedIn Live or Die NERFINISHED
hasForm free verse
includedInPoetryCollection Live or Die NERFINISHED
language English
literaryGenre confessional poetry
literaryMovement Confessionalism
mainTheme illness
medical intervention
mortality
partOf Live or Die
style confessional
subjectMatter patient–doctor relationship
surgery
survival
vulnerability
tone intense
stark
writtenBy Anne Sexton NERFINISHED

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The Book of Folly containsWork The Operation
To Bedlam and Part Way Back hasPart The Operation
All My Pretty Ones hasPoem The Operation
Live or Die hasPoem The Operation