Ramon Matos Period 7 4/20/15 Courage is an honorable trait that not many people have. Anne Sexton is famous for her poetry and is known as the poet of pain. In her poem “Courage,” she finds that is not in grandiose gesture, but rather, “it’s in the small that we see it” (1). This poem gradually leads to an acceptance of death after a life of courageous moments. In Sexton’s poem, “Courage,” the theme of the poem is introduced in the opening line, metaphors are used to create the image of the theme…
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