I disagree with Danielle's idea that because "VENUS IS GREEN" that means it's a utopia. Venus is not a utopia in this poem. Sexton only alludes to the fact that maybe the new lifeforms will be able to achieve utopia (which is in itself a stretch). Sexton doesn't give any indication that Venus is a utopia considering its environment and life consists of what we consider vermin and two men. There are certainly aren't any problems there like on Sexton's Earth, but it doesn't have the sentient and intelligent life to really be a utopia. To be a utopia I think you need to have creatures that are smart and powerful enough to mess it up but those creatures succeed in preventing that.
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