Upon reading the poem's title, I thought "The Fury of Overshoes" by Anne Sexton was all about anger in relation with overshoes. But as I read it, I realized it was more of someone recalling his or her childhood memories and a child's wish to grow up fast. Memories like tying one's shoe or overshoe, learning how to ride a tricycle or learning how to swim, giving up one's teddy and nightlight are stated in the poem.
After rereading the poem and discussing it in class, I realized that there's more to "The Fury of Overshoes" than just recalling memories. The poem, in a way, states that childhood is not all sweet and how the world belonged to the grown-ups. Lines 5 to 18 states things that a child can't do. With these, children tend to wish they'd grow as fast as they could so they can do things on their own. I even remember when I was a child I always wish I'm a grown up so that my parents would not scold and spunk me. Lines 28 to 31 states the things we need to sacrifice if we really wanted to grow. We need to do away with things that we consider as our security blanket. Lines 37 to 40 states that it was dark and the persona was looking for his or her security blanket which is his or her thumb and he was looking for the grown-ups.
Lines 41 to 46: when will I get there,
taking giant steps
all day,
each day
and thinking
nothing of it?
for me is about how we, as a child, wished to be where the grown-ups are, taking steps everyday and thinking nothing much. This can be shown by imagining a child and an adult walking in a street. A child takes every step slowly, as if marveled with his or her every move compared to adults who walks briskly and always in a hurry. For me, children sees every detail of his or her taking his or her steps while an adult sometimes overlook some little things.
After rereading the poem and discussing it in class, I realized that there's more to "The Fury of Overshoes" than just recalling memories. The poem, in a way, states that childhood is not all sweet and how the world belonged to the grown-ups. Lines 5 to 18 states things that a child can't do. With these, children tend to wish they'd grow as fast as they could so they can do things on their own. I even remember when I was a child I always wish I'm a grown up so that my parents would not scold and spunk me. Lines 28 to 31 states the things we need to sacrifice if we really wanted to grow. We need to do away with things that we consider as our security blanket. Lines 37 to 40 states that it was dark and the persona was looking for his or her security blanket which is his or her thumb and he was looking for the grown-ups.
Lines 41 to 46: when will I get there,
taking giant steps
all day,
each day
and thinking
nothing of it?
for me is about how we, as a child, wished to be where the grown-ups are, taking steps everyday and thinking nothing much. This can be shown by imagining a child and an adult walking in a street. A child takes every step slowly, as if marveled with his or her every move compared to adults who walks briskly and always in a hurry. For me, children sees every detail of his or her taking his or her steps while an adult sometimes overlook some little things.
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