The poem Courage by Anne Sexton is about how courage can be found in the little things and the big things. Anyone could do the most simple thing and still have courage in accomplishing that tiny thing. Then someone could do something ten times more major and use the exact same amount of courage. During these moments someone might not realize how much courage they are using to accomplish something. But, later might they might realize, wow that took a lot of courage to do what I did. The images in this poem are very strong. Such as “The first spanking when your heart went on a journey all alone”. Which talks about how someone had went alone to do something by themselves and they had a bit of trouble. “...love as simple as shaving