Women And The Ladies By Linda Pastan

of a poem moves the soul of the reader. Walt Whitman , Linda Pastan, and William Shakespeare used rhythm to further convey their relationship and attitude towards the theme of their poem. The rhyme schemes in “Had I the Choice”, “Daughter Leaving Home”, and “Let me not to the marriage of true minds” efficiently portray each author’s purpose so multiple themes revolving around bitter love are present. In “Daughter Leaving Home” by Linda Pastan, the tribulations and joys of life are exemplified in

feminist approaches in her literature, has written this poem to criticise the strict gender norms that are placed upon women. Especially during the 1970s, when women were still facing large amounts of discrimination and were thought of as housewives, this poem demonstrates the struggles a young girl must go through in a patriarchal society. These struggles have often been linked with women being objectified and having to meet standards they could never reach, and has only led to creating

land from the suitors through deceitful acts. Was she making the shroud for herself instead of for Laertes? “It was a shawl she made, something warm a man might wrap around her shoulders windy nights one of the suitors perhaps.” (Pastan 264) Penelope lived in a time where women could not rule as a king. Ithaca needed a king and for twenty years they were without a king because of Penelope selfish choices. The right thing for Penelope to do was to marry one of the suitors because one of the suitors would