The three poems “Cinderella” by Sylvia Palth, “Snow White” by Andrea Budy, and “Cinderella” by Anne Sexton are all infused with twisted fairy tale characters, feminist themes, dark emotions, and death. Each of these poems contains literary devices that construct and present the overall meaning and characterization of the fairy tale characters. The poems are distorted versions of the original fairytale stories in which the authors attempt to portray as dark with haunting tones of sorrow and desperation using imagery devices. In “Cinderella” by Sylvia Palth, the poem begins with a description of the setting, in which she tries to portray as a ballroom. This poem captures Cinderella and her prince dancing together at the ball. She uses the words “scarlet heels”, “green eyes”, and “silver” to give the reader a sense of a romantic atmosphere. The second stanza …show more content…
In Budy’s poem, Snow White is admitting that she and Bashful kissed. Unlike the Disney version, where Snow White was hiding in the woods because of her fear of the queen, she is staying in the woods with the dwarfs because of the kiss she had with Bashful. Snow White represents the dwarfs as her children and makes up the story about her and the prince. She hopes to eat a poison apple in hope that it will give her some kind of “magic sleep” and snatch her away from the plainness of life. Snow White’s definition of magic sleep is going mentally unstable or insane. She wants to forget about her life, and the plainness of it, making her want to experience magic sleep. In the original Disney Snow White, she wasn’t looking for a new life or insanity, but rather to get away from the queen and be with her prince, living happily ever after. Budy also has Snow White converse with the reader in the second half of the poem to emphasize her need and desire of wanting a new