'Her early poetry did not come easily to Plath, who during their marriage, Ted Hughes said, "composed very slowly, consulting her Thesaurus and dictionary for almost every word, putting a slow strong line of ink under each word that attracted her." ... She had a "vision" of the kind of poems she would like to write but "[I] do not. When will they come?" They were waiting.'
Josephine Hart, 2012, Life Saving: Why we need poetry, Virago Press, UK.
