Anne Sexton’s poem “Venus and the Ark” is a spoof of the story of Noah’s Ark. Instead of an ark, it is the missile that transports the animals to the new location, Venus. In addition to alluding to Noah’s Ark, the author portrays the poem as a spoof by humorously exaggerating many situations. For example, it is a tiny missile that results in the end of Earth. In the actual story, the purpose of the destruction was to get rid of evil and wickedness. Since mankind is destroyed in the spoof, Sexton implies that humans represent the evil and wicked in the world.
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