"In Praise of my Sister" By Wislawa Syzmborska

I really enjoyed the poem “In Praise of my Sister” by Wilslawa Szymborska because it reminds me of my sister and I. In the poem it talks about how the speaker and his sister are different. The speaker describes how he writes poems but his sister does not as an analogy to express the idea of “differentness”. From this we can tell that the speaker and his sibling obviously have different ways of expressing themselves, and even have a different outlook on life. They are two entirely different people bound together by indestructible bond called family. This also describes my me and my sister.

A lot of times we think and feel very differently about things, handle ourselves in our own way, and very often, we flat out disagree on many subjects. Of course growing up we fought like cats and dogs, and one of my favorite activities was to annoy the heck out of her-and of course she told on me every chance she got (and still does), but I would be lying if I said that I didn’t love her and every single thing that makes her who she is (even the annoying parts). She is my sister, my family. She will always have the same blood running through her veins that I do, and nobody can do anything to change that we are bonded together forever. There is just something about that concept of family that makes you realize that you’re in it for the long haul with these people, so you’d better get used to it; and at the same time, it’s the thing that makes you realize, “no matter what happens, no matter how tough it gets, I’ll always have someone that will protect me, defend me, stick with me till the end.” Even though me and my sister are different, I love her and respect her, and I’ll always be there for her…but don’t tell her I said that.