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A 3 page paper which
examines the historical significance in the following poems: Anne Sexton’s “Her Kind”
and Audre Lorde’s “Coal.” No additional sources cited.
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and different conditions that exist in life in general. In Anne Sextons "Her Kind" and Audre Lordes "Coal" we are given two poems that discuss different perspectives concerning different issues
that can be seen as socially and historically relevant. The following paper analyzes the contributions made by these poems in terms of historical relevance. Her Kind This poem
speaks strongly of the power of women and the power of faith in terms of a faith that is based on nature. It speaks of witches and the burning of
witches. Sexton discusses the women who have burned for their actions and beliefs in a manner wherein we see her proud to call herself such a woman. This presents us
with not only a commentary on the patriarchal society but the ignorant society that would burn a woman for being a supposed witch. We see this very strongly in the
following lines: "I have gone out, a possessed witch/ haunting the black air, braver at night;/ dreaming evil, I have done my hitch/ over the plain houses, light by light:/
lonely thing, twelve-fingered, out of mind./ A woman like that is not a woman, quite./ I have been her kind (Sexton 1-7). In these lines we see a power
that is illustrating the power that was possessed by these women, but not the power that the men and women of the time thought they possessed. She mentions evil, but
her poem is perhaps sarcastically referring to the women as those who seek evil. It is a social and historical commentary on the burning of witches although they were only
perhaps strong women who would not bow down to the expectations or accusations of the society of the time. Coal This particular poem is about being African American
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