“The man took another wife who had two daughters, pretty enough but with hearts like blackjacks.” shows that the daughters are violent and cruel toward Cinderella. When cinderella is putting on her slipper for the prince, Sexton uses the simile “This time Cinderella fit into the shoe like a love letter into its envelope.” to show how easy the slipper fit in her foot. Sexton also uses repetition in the first few stanzas saying “That story” showing that the speaker is an older person. Sexton, using devices like tone, imagery, and style, that makes the reader understand how ridiculous, unrealistic, and unlikely the fairy tale ending actually is. Letting people know that stories like this hardly ever happen, but when it happens it is a special thing. Like Sexton wrote “You always read about it: the plumber with the twelve children who wins the Irish Sweepstakes. From toilets to