Poetry Out Loud Preformances

I watched the performance of "Unknown Girl in the Maternity Ward", by Anne Sexton, being preformed by young woman named Amanda Fernandez. The way she preformed it, I could picture the emotions behind the story. Her voice was loud and clear. She had very clear diction and was interesting to watch. The performance was very theatrical, almost like an actress piece instead of a narrator piece, but I think it worked well for this piece.

For me, the meaning of the poem is of a a woman who made a mistake and now she must pray the price with the lost of the child. Throughout the poem the woman shows disgust towards the man who left her and it is presented by Amanda's voice getting louder and angry as she mentions him. Also the woman doesn't want get rid of her baby which is illustrated By the tenderness in Amanda's voice when she recites that part of the poem. How she says it makes me almost want to cry She effectively demonstrated the meaning of the poem.