However, Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton met for the first time in 1950s America. Both were rising poets, and both were very ambitious women in a cultural milieu that didn't know what to do with ambitious women. Plath was 26 when their paths intersected for the first time, and Sexton was 30. The encounter must have made an impression on Sexton because it is said that she based her persona in her poetry on her imagination of what Sylvia Plath would be like. The two women did not meet again until several years later when Sexton visited England. Sexton's visit to England was in 1963 at which point she met with Peter Davison, who was then working as an editor at Jonathan Cape. He suggested that she submit some poems to Plath who had recently died but was widely regarded as one of the leading poets of her generation. Davison also helped Sexton find a London flat and generally took care of any administrative issues arising from the trip. In return, Sexton dedicated her poem "The Beekeeper" to Davison. They probably didn't discuss poetry or even write about it, but it's safe to say that they knew what they were doing when they decided to become poets. Ambition and determination are all that's needed to make you a poet.