Invevitable

     I wrote a found poem from a passage at the beginning of chapter 5 because I found the descriptive language to be really intriguing. Hester's feelings of present trials and on-coming doom are described in great detail. While the reader more than likely has not experienced anything near what Hester is going through in the chapter, the powerful descriptions in the passage make her experience become more of a reality for the reader.

Inevitable

Inevitable
Her prison door thrown open,
She came into the sunlight with a sick and morbid heart.
The scarlet letter on her chest,
She would become the general symbol of
women's frailty and sinful passion.
The young and pure would be taught to look at her:
Daughter of honorable parents,
Mother of a babe,
Who had once been innocent--
With the scarlet letter flaming on her chest,
As the reality of sin.