Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers
The poem “Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers” by Adrienne Rich was a good poem about a woman who was locked in a relationship because of abuse and controlling. The woman, Aunt Jennifer, makes tapestries that she sews by hand. Her tapestries are mostly of tigers, pacing back and forth in the scene. The pacing of the tigers show that they are agitated, and most likely waiting to pounce. The tigers are decribed as something that does “not fear the men beneath the tree…” Which as we know is something that she wishes she could not be afraid of. Aunt Jennifer is married to uncle and we know that she is unhappy in the relationship because “…the massive weight of Uncle’s wedding band/ sits heavily upon Aunt Jennifer’s hand.” Which shows that the weight of their relationship is always right there and that she is always reminded of it. We also know that she is unhappy in her relationship because it says “when Aunt is dead, her terrified hand will lie/ still ringed with ordeals she was mastered by” meaning that obviously she was scared because it says “terrified hands” and that she will never get out of this relationship unless she dies. The nephew or niece is brought some comfort from the fact that her tigers “will go on prancing, proud and unafraid” meaning that when she dies, her soul will live on and she will finally be free. Personally I liked the poem and I liked the fact that the form really reflected how Aunt Jennifer was controlled and mastered by her husband.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Ten Years and More
Ten Years and More
I really liked the poem “Ten Years and More” by Miriam Waddington because it really shows the emotion and the feelings behind a breakup and the separation of a family. The poem is written in a broken form where you can tell that if it were read as written then it would sound like someone was crying. I think that the way it is written in an effective way to have written the poem, because again it helps show the emotions that this woman is feeling. I found the poem very sad because I know that it hurts to lose someone, and to know that maybe it could have worked out. The diction used in “un-/ hammered nails/ pictures never/ hung all/ the uneaten/ meals and unslept/ sleep…” really shows that they had a life, and they were going somewhere, they had all the pictures, and the meals were cooked and they tired to sleep, but it was cut off. “Un” really means that something was started but not finished, so it really shows how their life together was cute short. In the end she is asking for forgiveness because her husband, or her ex-husband, is passing away. She says that she does forgive him and that the blame for their break up was shared between the two of them. Personally I really liked the poem because it was very real and it really shows how people feel and the emotions they go through when they lose their love, and their life.
I really liked the poem “Ten Years and More” by Miriam Waddington because it really shows the emotion and the feelings behind a breakup and the separation of a family. The poem is written in a broken form where you can tell that if it were read as written then it would sound like someone was crying. I think that the way it is written in an effective way to have written the poem, because again it helps show the emotions that this woman is feeling. I found the poem very sad because I know that it hurts to lose someone, and to know that maybe it could have worked out. The diction used in “un-/ hammered nails/ pictures never/ hung all/ the uneaten/ meals and unslept/ sleep…” really shows that they had a life, and they were going somewhere, they had all the pictures, and the meals were cooked and they tired to sleep, but it was cut off. “Un” really means that something was started but not finished, so it really shows how their life together was cute short. In the end she is asking for forgiveness because her husband, or her ex-husband, is passing away. She says that she does forgive him and that the blame for their break up was shared between the two of them. Personally I really liked the poem because it was very real and it really shows how people feel and the emotions they go through when they lose their love, and their life.
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