Courage - Anne Sexton - Complete poem information ( Prudence )
Courage - Anne Sexton - Complete poem information about text The poem "Courage" appears in Anne Sexton's eighth and final collection of original poems, The Avail Crying Toward God, published in 1975, a year after her suicide, by Houghton Mifflin. This is the seventh poem in the collection. Like many poems in the collection, "Courage" universalizes the speaker's experience. The poem drives through the first steps of a child, riding a bike for the first time, being spanked, being bullied for the first time, young adulthood, and experiencing war. Witnessing the death of a friend, facing death, showing the resilience of the human spirit, and emphasizing the strength of man to endure the most difficult situations. The poem carries on the unconventional definition of courage which is shown by everyone in the journey of a lifetime. About the Author: Anne Sexton (1928-1974) is one of the well-known poets of twentieth-century America, she was born Anne Gray H
