Satire in Anne Sexton's Cinderella

In Anne Sexton's "Cinderella" one may ponder what the purpose and tone is. Anne Sexton uses a strong satiric and humorous undertone when poking fun at marriage. The use of dark humor adds life and body to the poem. Anne Sexton's placement of witty understatements is impeccable and allows the reader to imagine Anne Sexton's dark humorous laugh as they read the poem. <Tab/>"You always read about.../...the nursemaid some …

…tale ending everything would be plain and dull. <Tab/>Anne Sexton's use of satire in "Cinderella" really underlines the whole idea she is trying to convey. She is able to do this so well because of her dark, satiric and sarcastic humor, "Cinderella" is a poem that truly can make one think twice about marriage and imagining fairy tale endings are always perfect and that is what's always meant to be.