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Analysis and comments on Demon by Anne Sexton

Comment 4 of 4, added on February 10th, 2008 at 10:38 PM.

Aww, what's wrong, Americans can't take a little healthy criticism of their
poetry? I thought you guys were big into freedom of speech, healthy debate,
dissent, discourse.

I'm not going to kiss up to something I don't like, and you shouldn't
stifle the ideals this country was supposedly founded on, either - like
every individual's ability to speak their mind, even if they're in the
minority.

Anne Sexton's poetry is on par with a middle schooler's. Period.

Ambiez from United States
Comment 3 of 4, added on January 21st, 2006 at 10:24 AM.

It is a great poem,yet another glimpse at the seething red waters that lie
beneath our collective surface.The Demon is brought up and shown to us
clearly,yet we are not allowed-nay,deliberately prevented from viewing it
in starkky terrifying aspect.Instead it glides away on a wave of
psychosexual connotations culminating in a brief gush of
God-commonization/demystification...Yet we are left with a nebulous though
definite sense of having been ever so slightly deceived,a feeling that the
terrors of the demon have been thinly veiled...

Fake Eye from Nigeria
Comment 2 of 4, added on March 23rd, 2005 at 1:44 PM.

This poem was fantastic. I was drawn in at the way Anne portrayed her
bravery. The smallest details, such as the way it flew into her mouth like
a bird, really make the poem. Her words seem to penetrate elegance and
beauty, even on the topic of her own demon.

Elizabethan Shakespear from New Zealand
Comment 1 of 4, added on January 4th, 2005 at 12:43 PM.

god i loved that poem...it was beautiful...i write poetry of my own...maybe
i could show you some...e-mail me...loved the poem

gabriewl from United States



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Poet: Anne Sexton
Poem: Demon
Added: Feb 20 2003
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