Anne Sexton

ANNE SEXTON Her Kind This is a poem that is filled with imagery that the author uses to identify the reader with what I feel were personal stresses in her own life. In class we talked about Anne as an emotionally challenged women who couldn’t cope with every day life. The Title of the poem suggests by saying “Her” that she is talking about someone else that she could relate to. However I think …

…like medieval time when witches were burned at the stake and beaten just for who they were, “and my ribs crack were your wheels wind. I think here she has made it through the torture and the ride home hurts do to her injuries. But never the less she made it and is not ashamed. I think she laughs at the women who deny their own impulses and feels that is what is truly ugly.