Poetry is a work of art giving strength to those who have no way to explain how they feel. Edgar Allen Poe had a dreary pitter patter manner of writing poems which were depressive due to loss of his thirteen-year old wife. Another example is Anne Sexton who had a mental illness and used writing as a manner to escape. The grandiose praise of Icarus’s feat of flight struts gracefully through Anne Sexton’s “To a friend whose work has come to triumph”; Through her exquisite diction, Anne Sexton shed light on the fact success is success even if it ends dramatically. As stated in the introduction, Anne Sexton’s “To a Friend Who Work Has Come to Triumph”, she hints to the fact success is success even when there is a price for that success. This can be seen through the diction of Anne Sexton’s diction in the poem. This is seen when the speaker questions Icarus’s failure, “Who cares that he fell back to the sea?” We can pick out the diction that gives the reader a sense of strong ignorance of the speaker in this quote. That diction which is really strong is, “Who cares.” This diction gives the readers the idea that the speaker is indifferent towards Icarus’s failure. The speaker is focused on the success even though there was a price for that success. This quote links to the fact that the speaker sees success as success even though Icarus’s fell after his taste of success. This poem also displays the speaker’s …show more content…
It also has proven to be a way of escape for authors such as Edgar Allen Poe and Anne Sexton. In conclusion, the theme of Anne Sexton’s “To a Friend Whose Work Has Come to Triumph” is that success is success even when it ends dramatically. Poets through their diction can get their theme across through the many they address things. It is essential for the future generation to continue read poetry as it helps to unlock an unknown wisdom waiting to be