Power Corrupts

Poetry Out Loud.

I watched "Unknown Girl In The Maternity Ward" by Anne Sexton, and as performed by Amanda Fernandez. Her performance was way beyond of what I could think a girl her age could ever accomplish. The way she conveyed her understanding upstage was as if she had that same experience. I thought her understanding was great but she did go a little over the top on dramatization. She could have mellowed her emotions a little more to make everything seem more natural. She looked as if she had been on the stage her whole life and did a great job of making the poem's meaning shine through.

I saw that the poem was about a mother who was to young to support her child, and that she must put it up for adoption. All she wants is the best for her baby and she wants to leave the bad emotions of the father behind her. The mother is extremely sad about her unfortunate situation, but knows that giving the baby away will be the best for everyone.