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Her Kind. By Anne Sexton. I have gone out, a possessed witch, haunting the black air, braver at night; dreaming evil, I have done my hitch. over the plain houses, light by light: lonely thing, twelve-fingered, out of mind. A woman like that is not a woman, quite. I have been her kind.
I have been her kind. I have ridden in your cart, driver, waved my nude arms at villages going by, learning the last bright routes, survivor where your flames still bite my thigh and my ribs crack where your wheels wind.
‘Her Kind’ by Anne Sexton is an image-rich poem about women out of the natural order of the world. The poetic persona of the poem, with her forceful tone , voices her femininity through the embodiments of a witch, a cave-dweller, and a rustic woman.
Jan 17, 2024 · ‘Her Kind’ is a poem by the American poet Anne Sexton (1928-74), written in 1959 and included in Sexton’s first collection of poems, To Bedlam and Part Way Back, the following year. Sexton’s reputation has been somewhat eclipsed by that of Sylvia Plath.
The American poet Anne Sexton first published "Her Kind" in her 1960 collection To Bedlam and Part Way Back (and always began her public readings with a performance of this poem). In it, a speaker inhabits a series of witchy personas who live outside restrictive patriarchal gender roles.
"Her Kind" is a poem published in 1960 by American poet Anne Sexton. Writing throughout the Cold War, Sexton was keenly aware of the economic importance of American housewives in the 1960s.
This poem is one of Anne Sexton’s strophic poems, boasting a clear rhyme scheme and stanzaic order. The reason for this is that although there is a theme of femine insanity due to oppression, she wanted to convey that she still maintained a sense of reality and calmness.
A woman like that is not ashamed to die. I have been her kind. from The Complete Poems (Houghton Mifflin, 1981), copyright 1981 by Anne Sexton, by permission of Sll/Sterling Lord Literistic, Inc. Poem featured in the Poetry Archive's BBC 100 Collection.
Anne Sexton. Her Kind. I have gone out, a possessed witch, haunting the black air, braver at night; dreaming evil, I have done my hitch. over the plain houses, light by light: lonely thing, twelve-fingered, out of mind. A woman like that is not a woman, quite. I have been her kind.
Nov 3, 2023 · 'Her Kind' is an early poem by Anne Sexton, published in her first book 'To Bedlam and Part Way Back'. It is full of dark imagery, written as the poet was battling against depression and inner demons.
