Flying at Forty

Read 'Flying at Forty' by 'Erica Jong' and provide your summary and literary analysis in the comments section below.

Flying at Forty by Erica Jong

 You call me
courageous, 
I who grew up
gnawing on books,
as some kids
gnaw
on bubble gum,

who married disastrously
not once
but three times,
yet have a lovely daughter
I would not undo
for all the dope
in California.

Fear was my element,
fear my contagion.
I swam in it
till I became
immune.
The plane takes off
& I laugh aloud.
Call me courageous.

I am still alive.

Form: Free verse

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