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Women and our bodies NameCourseInstructorDate In Poem to My Uterus, Clifton alludes to loss infertility and the menstruation process, which are common themes for women artists focusing on their bodies. Hysterectomy leads to loss of the uterus and the speaker is in anguish since the uterus has brought forth her living children, but also had dead children. The poems focus on bodily functions that occur though phases in life. Similarly, In My Last Period, the speaker personifies menstruation, addressing the narrator’s body like in poem of my uterus, and highlights on changes that have taken in her body from youth to post menopause (Holladay, 2004).In my celebration of my uterus, the speaker is happy at the realization that she will not have to undergo hysterectomy (Sexton, 200). This shows that women celebrate their bodies through literary works more than men. Women are ...