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JEAN PICO ENGLISH 102 11/23/13 ANNE SEXTON "HER KIND" Anne Sexton is an extorianary poem writer that during the time period she began to write poems specially about women , she was highly criticized because of her perspective how women were viewed and the shadow they had to live under. Male dominance was a huge impact that Sexton didn’t seem to agree with at all for which through her writing she didn’t want to promote a sort of rebellions against men but to show the people what was going on , demonstrate what was really occurring during this time period and how women where outcast by society specially Anne Sexton. Anne Sexton became the voice of women through her poems and promoted this stereotype of modern women and how women role has increased in society during the years . â€Å"Her Kind† by Anne Sexton describe all the boundary’s of a women judged by society and how this particular women the narrator in the poem describes her living condition a little different then the usual average women , she is described as a witch and expresses her isolation from society by showing how she departs from everyone and people may say she not right in her head for the simple fact that she is not the typical ordinary quite women , instead she is more of an independent women living her life. Various critics wrote about there perspective about this poem â€Å"Her Kind† and demonstrated there different views on weather they agree or disagree with the context Anne Sexton is demonstrating in her writing and go into details to explain why she seems to think about society in this way. The dream life of MS Dog by Karen Gut , is an article ab... ...and dissatisfaction with her place in life all of her life. In conclusion both critics Karen Alkalay-Gut and Artemis Michailidou Have different analyses and ideas of the poem "Her Kind" , although the poem may seem very complicated to understand at first when you read it further on it has a deeper meaning that explains Sextons life because thats what she would reflect in her writing. The writer often uses literary elements to tell their criticism weather it would be foreshadowing certain parts or the use of smilies etc but the main concept that both critics had over this particular Poem Her Kind is that Women used to live under male dominance until Anne Sexton's poems in general changed the perspective of a women and gave them more authority to stand up for themselves and become an influence of this modern feminist lifestyle .