I don't understand what Anne Saxton means by '' no baby, no cry'' I understsand the meaning of the poem a little. Can you help me with the imagery and symbols, syntax and everything else you can find in the poem.
That does not keep me from having a terrible need of -- shall I say the word -- religion. Then
I go out at night to paint the stars.
--Vincent Van Gogh in a letter to his brother
The town does not exist
except where one black-haired tree slips
up like a drowned woman into the hot sky.
The town is silent. The night boils with eleven stars.
Oh starry starry night! This is how
I want to die.
It moves. They are all alive.
Even the moon bulges in its orange irons
to push children, like a god, from its eye.
The old unseen serpent swallows up the stars.
Oh starry starry night! This is how
I want to die:
into that rushing beast of the night,
sucked up by that great dragon, to split
from my life with no flag,
no belly,
no cry.
Can you help me analyze the poem The starry night!?spyware remove
Um... it's ''no belly, no cry.''
I've listened to a recording I have of Sexton reading this poem many times. It's a poem that demands being heard. You really should hear her annunciate ''This is how I want to die:''!
Could it be, you are unfamiliar with the painting, ''The Starry Night''?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:VanGo...
Not that the poem does not stand on it's own, but it doesn't hurt to be aware of it.
Try reading the poem while looking at the painting. What does a belly usually signify? Pay attention to that epigraph at the beginning of this poem.
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