Woman's Program Marie Luise Kaschnitz

If one were to read the poem without knowledge of the author's story, the reader would not be able to make sense of it. The poem opens with a line about a late night radio host without an audience. She goes on to say she offers her recipes to that audience. This is perhaps the only verse that makes sense. It has a clear order, and one can understa

If you analyze the words, "Pour milk into the telephone" and "Let the cats sleep in the dishwashers", and their context, one could assume the author had some form of mental disease. If you look at any Alzheimer's site, you would know that the author seems to suffer from some of the symptoms. "Alzheimer's disease is a progressive condition that damages areas of the brain involved in memory, intelligence, judgment, language, and behavior." This could be used to explain the unsystematic use of words.

After reading the poem the first time, one could look at the life and times of the Author to better understand the meaning of the words. During World War II, Hitler forced German poets and artists to live in exile in their own land. Rather than leave her beloved country, Kasch

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