Reference
Use of Machinery in The Rape of the Lock
October 5, 2026
In the dedication to the poem, Pope explains that machinery is a term invented by the critics to signify the part which deities, angels, or demons play in a poem. He goes on to say...
The Rape of the Lock as a Mock Heroic or Mock Epic Poem
October 5, 2026
The epic is a narrative poem, of supposed divine inspiration, treating of a subject of great and momentous importance for mankind, the characters of the story being partly human and partly divine, and the language...
The Rape of the Lock by Alexander Pope | Critical Analysis
October 3, 2026
The Rape of the Lock, originally published as The Rape of the Lock: An Heroi-Comical Poem 1712, is a mock-epic based upon an actual disagreement between two aristocratic English families during the eighteenth century. Lord...
Use of Allusions in Rich’s A Valediction Forbidding Mourning
October 2, 2026
Highly allusive Rich’s A Valediction Forbidding Mourning is a poem in which allusion serves a number of functions. The most obvious allusion, of course is the allusion to Donne established by the title ‘Valediction’. Adrienne...
A Valediction Forbidding Mourning by Adrienne Rich | Syntactic Interpretation
October 2, 2026
The poem is full of incomplete sentences and phrases which mean obstructed mind and articulation. Rich has frequently used periods mark and dramatic pause so as to convey her failure of expression of pain and...
A Valediction Forbidding Mourning by Adrienne Rich | Introduction
October 2, 2026
A Valediction Forbidding Mourning by Adrienne Rich is a poem that expresses how the male-made language does not allow the female to fully express her feelings. Adrienne Rich Quotes The title of the poem is...
Snapshots of a Daughter-in-law by Adrienne Rich | Summary
October 2, 2026
In the beginning of the poem Snapshots of a Daughter-in-law, the speaker addresses an older woman, her mother-in-law. She repudiates her not only for making her life miserable but also for not making her own...
Snapshots of a Daughter-in-law by Adrienne Rich | Introduction
October 2, 2026
Snapshots of a Daughter-in-law is a feminist poem depicting a woman of the period of transition, especially the sixties and the seventies, when women had become conscious of the many restriction and burdens upon them...
Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers by Adrienne Rich | Theme
October 1, 2026
Aunt Jennifer is portrayed as a nervous and fearful housewife lacking inner conviction unlike the tigers she creates. Jennifer is domesticated and mastered by her husband. Her husband owns her. Adrienne Rich Quotes She is...
Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers by Adrienne Rich | Style
October 1, 2026
Rich in her poem Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers uses innovative forms and the techniques that are supportive to her theme. This poem is a formal and structured in a lyrical pattern. Most of the words she...
