Anne Sexton takes the opportunity in her poem “Venus and the
Ark” to satirize the direction in which the world has evolved. The very first
line, “the missile to launch a missile” immediately makes it clear that Sexton
intends to mock the absurdities that we humans commit. She uses oxymoronic
speech and lists of oddities to demonstrate the depth of our illogicality. As
the poem progresses, she shifts her focus on the atrocities of man. A nuclear
war destroying the Earth begins immediately after the announcement of the
successful mission to Venus. Ultimately, the entire poem acts as a platform to
dramatize both the thoughtless and overly-thought actions that provide mankind
with the ability and the idiocy to destroy itself.
-Forrest Fesmire
No comments:
Post a Comment