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Analysis and comments on 45 Mercy Street by Anne Sexton

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Comment 12 of 12, added on January 18th, 2013 at 5:50 AM.
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Patricia from Estonia
Comment 11 of 12, added on January 16th, 2013 at 11:20 AM.
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Michael from Netherlands-Antilles
Comment 10 of 12, added on July 18th, 2011 at 6:15 AM.
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I was really cnoufsed, and this answered all my questions.

Jennah from Russia
Comment 9 of 12, added on July 18th, 2011 at 6:15 AM.
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I was really cnoufsed, and this answered all my questions.

Jennah from Russia
Comment 8 of 12, added on March 21st, 2009 at 8:18 PM.

heh! a very good poem about leaving past times behind! and i liked the end
very much :
it doesnt matter if u rip out the street sign or bolt the door ! it doesnt
matter to the cheapskate
who wants the past! who left her with papers on a dead ship ! and then she
opens his pocket book and throw fishes away!

as u see at first she mentions that the man who wants the past travel on a
dead ship ! then she says that she is throwing fishes away! both of them
relate to seas! :D i dont know ! what does it mean?

have a good time


saeed
Comment 7 of 12, added on June 9th, 2008 at 7:53 AM.

All of her poems are vivid,anyway. How can I understand poems? I read it
and all i see is freaky stuff, I'm troubled too but her poems are just so
creepy!!

Vasiliy from Moldova
Comment 6 of 12, added on December 12th, 2005 at 7:41 PM.

This piece really is extremely...I can't think of a word. Anne Sexton
probably could, she's so precise, encapsulating so much meaning in just a
few well-chosen words. She's who I aspire to be, her style, her
imagination, everything! She's really an incredible poet, and I especially
liked this piece. (I also reccommend "The Kiss".)

Happy Like A Suicidal Teen Tragedy from United States
Comment 5 of 12, added on June 29th, 2005 at 11:52 PM.

I can relate to Ann in this poem. I think all of the past comments have
touched on it, so there is really nothing that I could bring to the table
that is new or refreshing. For me, the poem is about forgiveness, and
regaining innocence... What happens when person realizes that they have
come to hate their life and who they have become? How do you recover from
that? How do you gain the love for yourself that you know you should have?
I think that the poem is about searching for healing, healing a broken
life, and healing the past. The poem is about the search for the self, at
least in my mind it is. All I can say is that if I had the chance to have
meet Ann, I would have told her that she is not alone, and when you take
the first step to find the true self, that it is scary and a lonely path.

Elias Rodriguez from United States
Comment 4 of 12, added on June 20th, 2005 at 9:17 AM.

I'm not sure when this poem was written, the chronology of Sexton's having
babies and her marriage falling apart. But this poem touches me deeply, as
a woman, married with children - I believe it conveys the guilt and
self-loathing that go along with being such a "failure" as a mother and
wife (as Sexton believed that she was). The writer longs for a place
(symboliclly, and mostly psychologically) where she can be innocent again,
and worth of mercy and love. A place where she can love herself as child,
the way that parents and grandparents do. A place where things are in
their place and everything is managed for her. A place that is safe and
not overwhelming with responsiblities and commitments.

This is a beautiful piece, really.

Christine from United States
Comment 3 of 12, added on June 17th, 2005 at 5:37 AM.

Very deep and troubled woman Ann was. She had a history of mental problems
and her marriage was destroyed because of it and she lost her suburban life
and her husband divorced her. She lost everything and the only thing she
had left was her childhood memories of home and she could no longer find 45
Mercy Street. Do some history examination and youll understand a poets
heart and work, which is an artist painting with words to describe the deep
groaning of their souls.

Patrick M from United States

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