The title character of this poem is at one point described as "walking around looking like Al Jolson", and this poem states, "two hollow spots were left/like soup spoons" when two characters have their eyes pecked out.
The title character of this poem is at one point described as "walking around looking like Al Jolson", and this poem states, "two hollow spots were left/like soup spoons" when two characters have their eyes pecked out. The central figures in this poem are compared to "two dolls in a museum case/...their darling smiles pasted on for eternity". The speaker states, "The bird is important, my dears, so heed him," in reference to a dove that helps the title character pick lentils out of ashes and tells another character to "look at the blood pouring forth" from one character's foot, when that character cuts off her toe to try to fit into a shoe. Opening with stories about going "from diapers to Dior", for 10 points, name this Anne Sexton poem based on a Brother's Grimm fairytale.
The title character of this poem is at one point described as "walking around looking like Al Jolson", and this poem states, "two hollow spots were left/like soup spoons" when two characters have their eyes pecked out.
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