Poetry+Multiple+Choice

code Her Kind By: Anne Sexton

I have gone out, a possessed witch, haunting the black air, braver at night; dreaming evil, I have done my hitch over the plain houses, light by light: lonely thing, twelve-fingered, out of mind. A woman like that is not a woman, quite. I have been her kind.

I have found the warm caves in the woods, filled them with skillets, carvings, shelves, closets, silks, innumerable goods; fixed the suppers for the worms and the elves: whining, rearranging the disaligned. A woman like that is misunderstood. I have been her kind.

I have ridden in your cart, driver, waved my nude arms at villages going by, learning the last bright routes, survivor where your flames still bite my thigh and my ribs crack where your wheels wind. A woman like that is not ashamed to die. I have been her kind.

1. What does the title "Her Kind" mean? a. the author feels she can relate to all these different types of women b. She was in her mind the many different personalities c. this women in the passage is her type d. "Her Kind" refers to all women e. all of the above

2. Who is the woman in the second stanza most similar to? a. A woman who has beliefs that go against society b. A woman who lives by the rules of society c. A woman who is not accepted in society d. A woman who does not care about who she is characterized as e. none of the above

3. What rhetorical strategy is most helpful to convey the message of the poem? a. imagery b. juxtaposition c. metaphor d. repetition e. rhetorical questions

4. The speakers use of "I" is appropriate to the passage because ______________. a. Anne Sexton wants to leave no doubt as to who is experiencing all of this. b. the author wants to create emotion c. Anne Sexton hopes to gain sympathy d. all of the above e. none of the above

5. What is the importance of this poem? a. to empower women b. to explain her thoughts on being an outcast c. to gain sympathy for being different d. to explain that being lonely and different is okay e. all of the above code