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An Analysis Of "To A Friend Whose Work Has Come To Triumph"
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In the poem "To a Friend Whose Work Has Come to Triumph", Anne
Sexton alludes to the flight of Icarus and Daedalus and to "To a Friend
Whose Work Has Come to Nothing" to convey a message to a friend. I think
this poem was written to reassure a friend that what s .... Middle of Essay .... Sexton wrote "Think of the difference it made!"
referring to Icarus' flight. She might have wanted her friend to realize a
difference her defying her father made.
The final line of the poem has a comparably different tone than the
first 13 lines. The last line, "See him acclaiming the sun and come
plunging down while his sensible daddy goes straight into town.", seems
more mocking of Daedalus' flight. It seems that Sexton feels that
Daedalus' flight was a wasted chance and was in no way adventurous. She
might also be comparing her friend to Icarus, seeing as he too failed his
initial task but accomplished something greater on a global scale. ....
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