Adrienne

From working hard to accomplish the high expectations that her parents had always enforced on her, to outstandingly fulfilling those standards set, Adrienne Rich was able to exceed as not only a feminist writer but as an activist for women. In her poem Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers, and her book Snapshots of a Daughter-In-Law, Rich exposes the phases women encounter throughout their life. Subsequently, from the early influence her parents had on her, to her involvement in other areas, Rich used her voice

sit well with one audience but may not connect to another audience. Readers are the ones who determine exactly which pieces of poetry are powerful. When you combine radical feminism with amazing literary skills you obtain the astonishing powers of Adrienne Rich, a

source of power and information, which people constantly confuse with its opposite, the pornographic. According to Lorde, power comes from sharing deeply any pursuit with another person (Lorde 56). Lastly the theme of power is also represented in Adrienne Rich’s Compulsory

about boys and trust. I didn't know anything about this topic, but I knew that I loved to perform and nothing was going to stop me from doing so. When I sung I often imagined myself as one of the girls from the hit movie Cheetah girls. Today I was Adrienne Bailon, a sassy chick from Cheetah girls who often brought the group together. Tomorrow I would possibly be Raven, the one who left the group. Every day I had a plan on who I was going to be and what I was going to sing. I would wake up every morning

I found the essay written by Adrienne Rich was very interesting and challenging at the same time. As I was reading the essay, I am not sure whether the questions come from the reader or Rich. At first, I thought it was the reader who question themselves and tried to find connection with the poetry. But then I realized it was not the case, I think what Rich was trying to say is that a poet shouldn’t limit the reader’s interpretation. For example, if Rich ask her reader “But what has this to do with

Adrienne Rich was a poet and essayist, and oane of America’s foremost public intellectuals. Widely read and hugely influential, Rich’s career spanned seven decades and has hewed closely to the sotry of post war American poetry itself. Her earliest work, was formally exact anddecorois, while her work of the late 1960s and 70s became increasingly radical in both its free verse form and feminist and political content. Rich’s metamorphosis was noted by Carol Muske in the New York Times Book Revier; Muske

relationship is perfect and neither are the people. In Adrienne Rich’s, “Living in Sin,” she quickly finds herself finding marriage completely different then what she may have thought it was before and realizing the sin of her boyfriend and herself not loving each other while finding herself doing routinely housework. In the woman’s idealistic relationship, she thought of her life being chore free not needing to do any house work as Adrienne Rich puts, “She had thought the studio would keep itself

Kohen looked up at the waitress. She was about their age, maybe a little older, with sandy blond hair streaked with a purple that matched the plasma flow beneath her. She had striking green eyes that complemented her flushed cheeks and wore a short black skirt with buttons on the side with a vibrant, tight red blouse. Meford ordered a Professor's Regret right off the bat and asked for a menu. Kohen smiled, guess he wasn't planning to take it easy tonight for there was no stronger drink. The

“I am your worst nightmare,” shouts Youngblood leaps in the air striking Adrienne with his double-bladed sword. The female falls to the ground motionless. “Now you have done it...Sisters,” shouts Acnes as three more females appear out of nowhere. “What the hell?” says Youngblood? “Die warrior,” shouts Aislinn

Author Biography Adrienne Rich was a U.S. poet, scholar, and critic. She was born on May 16, 1929, in Baltimore, MD in the “white and middle-class”. She died on March 27, 2012, in Santa Cruz, California. Adrienne’s work shows her commitment to the women’s movement and a lesbian/feminist aesthetic influence. Adrienne was still in college when her poems were put out for publication. She won many honors for her works and activism. Adrienne started writing poetry as a child because of her father. Her