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Poet: Anne Sexton
Poem: The Wifebeater
Comment 3 of 3, added on December 7th, 2005 at 12:11 PM.
it may be sad, but it's very much true...we are living in a sad, depressing world...no one really truly cares for anyone else...everyone is fending for themselves....and while that is what makes the poem so sad...that is also what makes it so true.......
cynthia from United States
Comment 2 of 3, added on October 4th, 2005 at 11:18 AM.
As I scanned the list of poems by Sexton, this one jumped out immediate and I was driven to read it. Not out of curiosity, but wondering if there was a way to pen this factual event in meter, rhyme or refrain. What I discovered is that she truly captured the essence of abuse..."Yesterday he was walking
like a man in the world. He was upright and conservative but somehow evasive, somehow contagious." These ordinary, upstanding, law-abiding men morph into someone...or something...that breeds destruction behind closed doors. I'm glad that I read it, can remember the pain and can be eternally grateful for rising as the Phoenix from the ashes.
ramona from United States
Comment 1 of 3, added on December 13th, 2004 at 2:20 PM.
that is such an awsome poem! i am so intreasted in reading about this kind of stuff it breaks my heart!
rashelle from United States
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it may be sad, but it's very much true...we are living in a sad, depressing world...no one really truly cares for anyone else...everyone is fending for themselves....and while that is what makes the poem so sad...that is also what makes it so true.......
cynthia from United States