The poem that really stuck out to me was "Unknown Girl in the Maternity Ward" by Anne Sexton which was read by Amanda Fernandez. Her physical presence was really great. She got really into her poem and showed interest in the poem she was reading. The dramatization that she showed was awesome, she acted out the feelings of the poem and interpreted them into actions that fit the feelings of the "unknown girl in the maternity ward". Her overall performance was amazing and most definitely caught my attention right when i started listening to the poem that she read.
What i got out of the poem was that it was about a girl who was staying at the maternity ward. Her baby was six days old and the woman priced and cherished her baby with the love and care that she possessed. The doctors wanted to take the baby away from her because they feared she couldn't support her child in her condition and without the baby having a father to help take care of it. The woman was in an institution which ment that she probably had some sort of problem mentally. When the nurses come in to ask questions of her, they ask her who is the father and she said there is none. Her baby is then taken away from her and she must let her baby go.
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