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What is a good peer response to this? Daddy BY Sylvia Plath …
What is a good peer response to this?
Daddy BY Sylvia Plath
Plath’s poem “Daddy” is a personal example of how governed women were by patriarchy. She expresses how suffocated she felt being controlled and dominated by male power. The poem voices the silence of women during that time and their ongoing hardships in dealing with patriarchy. This poem is a strong expression of resentment against the male domination of women omen and the violence of all kinds for which man is responsible. The speaker expresses her rage against her ‘daddy’, but daddy himself is a symbol of male. In “Daddy” and “Lady Lazarus” by Sylvia Plath, a persona is widened to a collective metaphor of herself as a Jewish victim of the Holocaust. This is to illustrate her struggle in defining her identity against the consuming male oppression with which she is faced.
Diving into the Wreck by Adrienne Rich
The key factor of this poem is that the second wave of the Women’s Movement began in the United States during the 1960s, and Rich contributes to the flames of the movement with her written account. Knowing as an American feminist too, she underscores gender equality, women liberation, and a statue of a woman in society. ‘Diving into the Wreck’ is filled with important themes that are crucial to the poem’s overall meaning. These include women’s rights and the oppression of women, as well as exploration/discovery. The latter two are more obvious than the former two. The poem can be read as an extended women’s historical oppression and erasure women’s historical oppression and erasure metaphor about the historical oppression and erasure of women. Rich often wrote about such issues, and though a feminist perspective is not stated explicitly in “Diving into the Wreck,” this context certainly enriches the reader’s experience of the poem. Specifically, the poem seems to focus on the need for women to examine and learn from the “wreck” of the past, to “see the damage that was done” to them, and to forge ahead with new ways of existing and asserting that existence in an oppressive world.
Her Kind by Anne Sexton
‘Her Kind’ by Anne Sexton is an image-rich and powerful poem that describes the nature of a woman’s misunderstood life. The poem is told through a series of images that define the life of a woman. She is separate from the rest of the world, by all definitions, a witch. The poet knows this to be true and embraces it. Repeating the words “I have been her kind,” the speaker proclaims her solidarity with other women who have refused to accept roles that were only ever meant to diminish them. In this way, the poem might suggest that being an outcast paradoxically means being part of a whole community of other outcasts. While this poem shows the author describing herself in terms of the supernatural, it shows “I have been her kind,” the speaker proclaims her solidarity with other women who have refused to accept roles that were only that rebellion against societal norms for women comes at a cost, sparking judgement from a society that sees women as common housewives. Written in the first person, ‘Her Kind’ is a poem about subversit, the speaker acknowledging that she has been all three personas at some time in her life – the witch, the mother, and the adulteress “I have been her kind,” the speaker proclaims her solidarity with other women who have refused to accept roles that were only. It is stated matter of factly in the last line of each stanza: I have been her kind.
Barbie Doll Poem by Marge Piercy
Barbie Doll begins with the beginning of a girl’s life. This child, referred to as a “girlchild,” was born, the speaker states, “as usual.” It is important to note the use of the word “girlchild” in this context as the phrase has often been used throughout history as a derogatory term, as if one kid, a boy, is worth more than another, a girl. This child’s life began in a way that will be quite familiar and relatable to many readers. She was given the toys that are traditionally given to girls and told to act appropriately to her gender. The child was given, these toys, familiarly gendered to her sex, are meant to train this child in how to be a woman and a mother. From an early age, she is given these objects as if it is completely natural for a child to spend time changing a pretend baby’s diaper and cooking for an imaginary future family. It is helpful to imagine the reaction if a “boychild” was given these same toys to play with. The speaker and author hope to question how we traditionally treat children of different genders. The speaker continues, adding to the list of objects the child acquires at an early age. She is given “wee lipsticks” that are the color of “cherry candy.” They are “wee,” as they are meant for young hands and lips, and they are “cherry” red to connect to the makeup she will assumably be using when she is older.
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