"Miss Sexton's work seems to me very little more than a kind of terribly serious and determinedly outspoken soap-opera." -Dickey

"Anne Sexton." The Poetry Foundation. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 May 2013

Analysis of In Celebration of My Uterus

In Sexton's poem, In Celebration of My Uterus she applies her wit and humor. She is taking a very uplifting approach to a very serious topic of her struggles of being a woman. The idea of a woman's sexual orientation makes most people raise their eyebrows and cringe, but the way she approaches this poem makes you feel a bit more comfortable.  She also makes it clear to the audience that as a woman she wants to be more than just a symbol and necessity for men.  In the second stanza she is referencing the life a woman can create inside of her and how delightful that is.