An Obsessive Combination Of Onotological Inscape, Trickery And Love - A poem by Anne Sexton


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Anne Sexton - An Obsessive Combination Of Onotological Inscape, Trickery And Love

Busy, with an idea for a code, I write
signals hurrying from left to right,
or right to left, by obscure routes,
for my own reasons; taking a word like writes
down tiers of tries until its secret rites
make sense; or until, suddenly, RATS
can amazingly and funnily become STAR
and right to left that small star
is mine, for my own liking, to stare
its five lucky pins inside out, to store
forever kindly, as if it were a star
I touched and a miracle I really wrote.

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Poet: Anne Sexton Poem: An Obsessive Combination Of Onotological Inscape, Trickery And Love Poem of the Day: Jul 9 2007 Comment 3 of 3, added on May 14th, 2006 at 3:25 PM. I am familiar with this feeling of codes. The process of writing is personal and as Sexton is described as a "confessional" poet, she is letting the reader know she writes in code. Although her feelings are usually quite raw in her poetry. The simple RATS to STAR realization to me is that same feeling I get when I discover how much I love words. Finding the secret meaning of things. Seeking, always seeking, the secret meaning of things. This obsession with words is one that I share with her. And so when she says it's a miracle. It is. It was the words that prolonged her life. The obsessive need to share the words. Debbie Tam from United States Comment 2 of 3, added on January 2nd, 2006 at 9:48 AM. WOW I DIDN'T KNOW RATS BACKWORDS IS STAR WHO'DA KNOWN? Kiesha from United States Comment 1 of 3, added on December 14th, 2004 at 8:58 AM. i like this poem and i used it for an english project on anne sexton and the poem thanxz-brooke brooke renzi from United States More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, An Obsessive Combination Of Onotological Inscape, Trickery And Love, has received 3 comments. Click here to read them, and perhaps post a comment of your own.

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Poet: Anne Sexton Poem: An Obsessive Combination Of Onotological Inscape, Trickery And Love Last read: 2013-05-22 01:19:54 Poem of the Day: Jul 9 2007 Viewed 9188 times. Added Feb 20 2003.

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