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1. AUNT JENNIFER TIGERS - ADRIENNE RICH FLAMINGO…

2. ADRIENNE RICH

3. ABOUT POET Adrienne Cecile Rich (May16,1929-March27,2012) was born in Baltimore,Maryland,USA . She was an A merican poet. She was called “one of the most widely read and influential poets of the second half of the 20 th century’’ and was credited with bringing “the oppression of women and lesbians to the forefront of poetic discourse.” Rich went on to write the introduction to the published volume.

4. THEME OF THE POEM The theme of women and feminist can be found in this poem. “Aunt Jennifer’s Tiger’s sound like a bead of good times. In reality ,it is about a woman whose life has been limited by the male –dominated society in which she live.

5. CENTRAL IDEA OF THE POEM The central idea of the poem “Aunt Jeniffer’s Tigers “ by Adrienne Rich is how the power of the patriarchy controls womens’s forms but not their minds. The poem makes this point by presenting the wild, interesting and powerful tigers embroidered by Aunt Jennifer and contrasting them with Aunt Jennifer, the oppresed wife.

6. STANZA-1 Aunt Jennifer’s fingers fluttering through her wool Find even the ivory needle hard to pull. The massive weight of uncle’s wedding band Sits heavily upon Aunt Jennifer’s hand.

7. SUMMARY OF STANZA In the stanza, the reality of Aunt Jennifer is revealed as she is feeble,weak and enslaved,very much the opposite of the tigers she was knitting. Her physical and mental trauma is depicted in the line- “find even the ivory needle hard to pull.”

8. Even though a wedding ring doesn’t weigh much, “the massive weight of uncle’s wedding band,sits heavily upon Aunt Jennifer’s hand.”signifies the amount of dominance her husband exercised over her. This also means that her inner face spirit has been jailed by the patriarchal society.

9. STANZA-2 When aunt is dead,her terrified hands will lie Still ringed with ordeals she was mastered by, The tigers in the panel that she made Will go on prancing,proud and unafraid.

10. SUMMARY OF SATNZA The stanza starts on a creepy note about Aunt Jennifer’s death. Even her death couldn’t free her from the ordeals she went through which can be seen in “when Aunt is dead ‘her terrifiedc hands will lie still ringed with ordeals she was mastered by” But her art work which was her escape route or in a way, her inner sense of freedom,will stay forever,proud and afraid.

11. POETIC DEVICES ALLITERATION - finger’s fluttering; pranching proud; weight of wedding band METAPHOR- ringed with ordeals-even death would not free her as the weeding band,a symbol of oppresion ,would yet be on her finger. IRONY- it is ironical that Aunt Jennifer’s creations-the tigers will continue to pace while Aunt herself will remain terrified even after her death, ringed by the ordeals she was controlled by in her married life.

12. SUBMITTED BY- SHRISHTI GARG Class-12 th –B SUBMITTED TO- MRS.BABITA MA’AM

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