Read the following passage from anne sexton’s poem “young” and answer the question.
and i, in my brand new body,
which was not a woman’s yet,
told the stars my questions
and thought god could really see
the heat and the painted light,
elbows, knees, dreams, goodnight.
why does the speaker emphasize the fact that her body is “brand new”?
it emphasizes that she is excited over having something “new.”
it shows that the speaker doesn’t like things that are old.
her body is a symbol for the new house that she lives in.
it suggests awkwardness, that she isn’t quite comfortable in her body because it is “new.”