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Themes In The Poetry Of Adrienne Rich

Themes of Adrienne Rich

Adrienne Rich's poetry changed for many reasons after 1955. It's difficult to pick just one, but it can be combined into one phrase; "her environment." Life started to change for Rich and women in general around that time. Her poetry serves as a corner stone for these changes.
Aunt Jennifer's Tigers, and Living in Sin are the two poems the anthology lists as being written before or during 1955. Aunt Jennifer doesn't appear to be written about herself, but Sin does. The first poem seems to be a comparison between ideas of strength and weakness, while Living in Sin appears to be her feeling resentment for her life "by evening she was back in love again"(Rich 23). Obviously she is involved in a weak marriage and unhappy with her situation. The date of this poem is 1955, which may serve as reasoning for the content. Based on previously knowledge, Rich did have a failing marriage and left her husband, later to become a lesbian.
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