Sexton expresses her poem through an ABABCBC pattern, which is different then your normal six or eight line stanzas and is instead seven. ... She changes the second to last line in every stanza but only a little to summarize what she was saying in that specific stanza. ... The second line just adds to the creepiness and darkness the witch brings. ... Line eighteen brings us back to the first stanza where our speaker is being compared to a witch. ... I wrote about how I interpreted the poem but then once I finish I asked my friend how she did and it was totally different then me. ...

• Word Count: 1020
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Agnes the waitress finishes off her piece with "The white people never thought to ask if we would voluntarily donate the marrow." (Alexie 7) This quote from her final line was hard hitting as it was a night and day difference from her starting line of "When the Indian men come to me I try to smile" (Alexie 4) This quote points out the optimism and the comfort she tries to offer the men as they forcibly are sent to see her. In her final line, she connects that back with the white men. ...

• Word Count: 948
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

This story line strikes a strong comparison to John Steinbeck's, "The Chrysanthemums". ... The characterizations go from the women being saddened by their lives, to each one coming to a personal revelation of what they wish for - finishing with an unexpected transition from their sad repression. ...

• Word Count: 634
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

His huge chance comes when the store chief, Lengel, makes a visit to Sammy's line. ... As Updike finishes the story with our saint Sammy gazing at an unfilled parking garage, Sammy's last line is, "my stomach sort of fell as I felt how hard the world would be to me from this point forward" (Updike 1030). ...

• Word Count: 958
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Matthew J Coffee Freshman English 2 November 3, 2003 Boys and Girls The story is about a young girl who struggles against society's ideas of gender portrayal, stereotyping and expectations of the female role, only to find herself trapped in the ways of the world. The story is told through the ...

• Word Count: 1491
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School