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Feminism Embraced-Adrienne Rich

Adrienne Rich’s poetry is considered some of the most meaningful works in modern literature. All of her works are influenced by her political beliefs, social beliefs, and past experiences. Throughout her literary career, she has embraced feminism as one of the cornerstones of her work. Many of her works that take the feminist standpoint include “Living in Sin,” “Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers,” and “A Woman Mourned by Daughters.” From Feminism, to rape, to political statements, Rich covers a wide range of topics and I feel that she does it very well. She writes from past experiences and one can feel this as the poetry is being read. Her work not only contains the relationships between men and women, but also the relationships between women and other aspects of their lives. “Rich has a way of choosing images that fit the object she is trying to portray.”(A Critical Analysis)
In “Living in Sin,” she writes of a relationship between a man and a woman that, at that t...

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