Revision is a type of evolution. For Adrienne Rich's life and poems this is true. Three of her poems, "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers", "Snapshots of a Daughter-In-Law", and "Planetarium" were written at different spans of her life. Each poem is reflective of the era of its conception. The poems evolve as Rich's education ... tigers) do not fear the men beneath the tree;/ they pace in sleek chivalric certainty" (3-4). Rich longs to be as the tigers are fearless and certain, uninhibited. The second poem, "Snapshots of a Daughter-in-Law" (1958-1960), shows a transition in Rich's life. According to Ric...

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Revision is a type of evolution. For Adrienne Rich's life and poems this is true. Three of her poems,Aunt Jennifer's Tigers?,Snapshots of a Daughter-In-Law?, andPlanetarium? were written at different spans of her life. Each poem is reflective of the era of its conception. The poems evolve as Rich's education and ... tigers) do not fear the men beneath the tree;/ they pace in sleek chivalric certainty? (3-4). Rich longs to be as the tigers are?fearless and certain, uninhibited. The second poem,Snapshots of a Daughter-in-Law? (1958-1960), shows a transition in Rich's life. According to Rich, h...

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... wife for being smart and the mother to his children, it seems as if Rich in her last remarks is saying to him "Thanks but no thanks." In the poem, "Snapshots of a Daughter-in Law," Rich seems haunted with voices telling her resist and to rebel, which eventually she does. As a writer she becomes more personally involved. In the poem "Orion ... ...

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... Loser- is about a man who thinks of the woman he once loved: first, after her wedding, and then nearly a decade later. It essentially tells a story. The next poem is entitled "Snapshots of a Daughter-in-Law- (1958-1960). The woman in the poem is always referred to as "she."" Rich wasn't comfortable with using the pronoun "I."" This poem is also written in ... ...

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