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Sexton also struggled with depression and mania, and she had suicidal tendencies whose influence can be found in her works. In the book “The suicide of Anne Sexton” her death is described with these words:
... she put on her mother's old fur coat, removed all her rings, poured herself a glass of vodka, locked herself in her garage, and started the engine of her car, committing suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning.