< Mrs. Sibley

Mrs. Sibley

"My secret: Under a mound that you shall never find."

Poem Summary:

In the text Mrs. Sibley uses a metaphor comparing someone planting a seed in the soil to a man getting a woman pregnant. She says,"The secret of man--the sower. The secret of women,--the soil."

Relationships:

Mrs Sibley has affairs that anger her husband, Amos Sibley. Amos Sibley was a minister, who believed it was against God's will to divorce a women. So he stayed with her and lived unhappily.

Historical/Literary Analysis:

There are no historical allusions in this poem. This poem uses word repetitions and repetitive rhymes, "The secret of..." This poem also uses a metaphor comparing someone getting a woman pregnant to planting a seed in the soil.

Character/Societal Analysis:

Mrs. Sibley seems like a mysterious person because she took her secret to the grave. She states this when she says, "My secret: Under a mound that you shall never find." I assume she isolated herself from society and kept her secrets to herself.

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Anjali Nana

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