Monday, March 29, 2010

The Civil War Comments

Rating: ★2.7

I am torn in two
but I will conquer myself.
I will dig up the pride.
I will take scissors
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Anne Sexton
torn
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Chris James 03 July 2021

Goddamn truth

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Michael Walker 28 July 2019

The poem is a mixture of negative ideas ('I will take scissors'): and hopeful ones, 'I will conquer them all'. It mirrors Anne Sexton's psychological conflicts, I think.

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Anne Sexton

Anne Sexton

Newton, Massachusetts
Anne Sexton
Anne Sexton
Newton, Massachusetts
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