PARAPHRASING A POEM

[Name]

[Tutor 's name]

[Subject]

18 September 2007

Paraphrasing a Poem

The purpose of the is to carefully analyze and paraphrase a small poem written by Adrienne Rich , Aunt Jennifer 's Tigers . The will be designed in the form of discussion / paraphrasing the original reading material for the identification of the major poem themes through line-by-line reading / paraphrasing

The tigers are seen to be dancing in front of the woman 's eyes Unlimited green landscapes are interrupted by tigers ' bodies as they are running . It is even more

surprising that while running they pay no attention to the men , who sit under the trees nor have they any fear towards them . The grace , diligence , pride and self-confidence which they display in their pace is almost perfect . Simultaneously , an old woman finds herself sitting in her small house her hands are too weak to even properly deal with the ivory needle . The wedding ring on her hand seems to make her movements even more difficult . The weight it causes upon Aunt Jennifer 's hand cannot be decreased . When the time comes for the Aunt to leave the real world , she will probably not be deprived and released of the obligations and limitations accompanying her through her life . However , her dreams will still be with the tigers , whose proud and confident figures are not changed by any time ordeals (Rich , 1929

The literal meaning of the described poem is in using the old woman 's character to display the limited frameworks within which many women exist . Aunt Jennifer is depicted by the poet as gloomy , fearful woman waiting for unknown future in her closed room . However , the future is not that unknown , and it is absolutely possible to predict that Aunt Jennifer will meet the end of her life in the same room , without having deprived of the ordeals ' load accompanying her through her life . She is patiently waiting for the devastation to find her she is passive and weak to fight for any positive changes . Her dreams and strivings are expressed in her dreams , while she is silently knitting and sewing in her small house . The literary meaning of the closed space in which the Aunt finds herself is in expressing other serious limitations the Aunt had to face and overcome . She has evidently failed to protect her dignity and the right for self-expression , being constantly suppressed by her husband . The literary device used by Rich in her making the wedding band push heavily on the Aunt 's hand is the instrument of showing the complex relationships between the Aunt and her husband (Rich , 1929 the results of this complexity is viewed in the fact that Aunt Jennifer is absolutely incapable of performing her own actions and expressing her initiatives . The literary significance of the tigers symbol in the poem is in showing how weak Aunt Jennifer is in her strivings to realize her dreams , and how unhappy she is due to being so weak and lonely

It is...