Homework Help: Poem: Young by Anne Sexton

Posted by Crystal on Saturday, January 24, 2009 at 9:44pm.

Could you check these answer thanks so much

1. How do you think the girl in "Young," feels about where she is in her life.
Answer: The girl wonders what is coming next in her life because she is full of questions about what's her future going to be like. The girl was looking back when she was a lonely child, but now she seems more appier in her life right now.

Poem: Young by Anne Sexton - bobpursley, Saturday, January 24, 2009 at 10:01pm
I dont know if I agree with you.

I think it is quite possible the girl is going thru adolescence when changes in her body and needs is causing her to reflect on her relationship with mom and dad (mom is an open window, dad is half shut), her relationship with the world (the stars, in whom she confides). I think perhaps like all adolescent girls, she is going thru some self discovery, and self realization. Think on the meaning of

<...and I, in my brand new body,
which was not a woman's yet,
told the stars my questions
and thought God could really see
the heat and the painted light,
elbows, knees, dreams, goodnight.>
Poem: Young by Anne Sexton - jasmine, Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 1:56pm
What is the structure and language of the poem, Young?

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