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Comment 7 of 7, added on August 27th, 2008 at 11:12 PM.
This kind of writing is what I like to call prosetry. The only thing that
distinguishes it from prose is being divided up into short lines. If you'd
like to see a rare modern example of real poetry, about Briar Rose, visit
ellinanderson.com and read "The Two Pining Bachelors".
Richard Brodie
Comment 6 of 7, added on April 1st, 2006 at 4:41 AM.
I love this poem and it imspired my group to produce a play on sleeping
beauty called "sleeping beauty' nightmare" which we used for our A level
exam!...it also made me to look into more of her poems and i love them!...
Georgia from United Kingdom
Comment 5 of 7, added on March 7th, 2006 at 11:52 AM.
It is about her father,there is no fairytalein this story. Her father was a
drunk nad alcoholicand she would hang with her Great Aunt to get away.
Maggie from United States
Comment 4 of 7, added on January 11th, 2006 at 8:17 PM.
This poem is more than a fairy tale re-write. The poem is not about
Sleeping Beauty (Briar Rose.)The use of that story is crafted as a
metaphor. This poem is about the author, Anne Sexton. It is a graphic and
tragic account of the sexual abuse she suffered at the hands of her father.
The entire poem dipicts the horror she experienced as a helpless child
beneath his hand and expresses the horror she continued to experience as an
adult dealing with the memory of that abuse.
Look past the story you know so well and picture the scenes in your mind
that the author has so graphically crafted; you will SEE nothing resembling
a fairy tale here.
Gina
Comment 3 of 7, added on January 7th, 2006 at 4:59 PM.
yea so i basically think both of you reviewist are wrong her anne sextons
father abused her and most of this is about that 12 plates and one with
long fingers and biting the hem of my gown yea thats abuse and screaming
daddy daddy its about her
chelsea from United States
Comment 2 of 7, added on October 24th, 2005 at 4:08 PM.
I agree with the last reviewist. This poem shows an insight to Slepping
Beauty's story more so than any book written about her than I have read
myself.
Mehri Black from United States
Comment 1 of 7, added on October 18th, 2005 at 10:08 AM.
This was a great poem. A great understanding of the story of Sleeping
Beauty. A lovely poetic retelling.
Ken Nwosu from United Kingdom
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This kind of writing is what I like to call prosetry. The only thing that
distinguishes it from prose is being divided up into short lines. If you'd
like to see a rare modern example of real poetry, about Briar Rose, visit
ellinanderson.com and read "The Two Pining Bachelors".
Richard Brodie