8. Her husband’s repeated infidelities caused Plath to leave the family home for good, and to fall into a deep depression
When Hughes refused to end his affair with Wevill, Plath decided to leave him. Now with two young children to look after, in December 1962 she moved to a flat in Fitzroy Road, London. The fact that the acclaimed Irish poet W.B. Yeats had previously occupied the same apartment was taken by Plath as a good omen. And perhaps it was. It was around this time that Plath wrote much of the best poetry of her life. More than 20 of these would appear in her celebrated posthumous collection Ariel. Many, however, were extremely dark, reflecting Plath’s worsening mood.
