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Unknown Girl in the Maternity Ward

Anne Sexton

By: Maya Porco, Savannah Turner, Elena Guerra

History of Author

Anne Sexton

  • Confessional Poet
  • Had two children
  • Depression and Bipolar
  • Suicidal
  • Sexually abusive parents
  • Felt abandoned by mother
  • Committed suicide with carbon monoxide poisoning
  • Wore mother's fur coat
  • Sexual relations outside marriage
  • Was dependent on husband then became independent with career
  • Did not have a great relationship with her children

Theme

Morals

Dependence

Letting go

The connection between a mother and a child

Shifts

  • "Buts" as a key word for change in tone
  • Brings her back to the reality of the situation
  • Little punctuation brings a detached tone
  • Sentence structure
  • Changes in sound
  • Dashed punctuation

Title

  • "Unknown Girl"-The baby's unknown identity
  • "Maternity"- The strong link between and mother and a child
  • "In"- The event will always remain with the mother

Connotation and Attitude

Literary Devices:

  • Imagery
  • Diction
  • Metaphor
  • Sentence structure

Tone:

  • Detached tone
  • Change from congenial to hopeless and regretful

Title: Unknown Girl in The Maternity Ward

Example:

Unknown Girl:

  • Not cared
  • No identity

Maternity Ward:

  • Pregnancy
  • Hospital
  • Birth

Uses nature to compare with the child

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