Adrienne Rich (1929) was born in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. She is widely known for her involvement in contemporary women's movement as a poet and theorist. She has published nineteen volumes of poetry, three collections of essays and other writings. A strong resistance to racism and militarism echoes through her work. The poem 'Aunt Jennifer's Tigers' addresses the constraints of married life a woman experience. Introduction to the Poetry Aunt Jennifer's
Tigers' is a 1951 poem by American poet Adrienne Rich. She was brought up in a well off family. She felt dominated by her father's strong personality while growing up. This wasn't always to her liking as he expected her to write her poems his way. When she was growing up men dominated and women were expected to become dutiful wives in their adult lives.
All these elements may have influenced the picture of marriage Rich drew in this poem. At the heart of the poem is an image of a husband who controls and frightens his wife. In 'Aunt Jennifer's Tigers' Rich is mocking the weakness of Aunt Jennifer and the clout and authority of Jennifer's husband in their marriage. '
Robert Frost (1874-1963)
is a highly acclaimed American poet of the twentieth century. Robert Frost wrote about characters, people and landscapes. His poems are concerned with human tragedies and fears, his reaction to the complexities of life and his ultimate acceptance of his burdens. Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening, Birches, Mending walls are a few of his well-known poems. In the poem A Roadside Stand, Frost presents the lives of poor deprived people with pitiless clarity and with the deepest sympathy and humanity.
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