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"It's a Woman's World" by Eavan Boland is a poem encouraging women toembrace their strengths.
Eavan Boland expressed the static nature of a female’s role insociety. Through her choice of details, use of comparisons, and ability to draw parallels between the two genders stereo typocal jobs, Boland conveys her views that women,who are placed in less rigorous jobs than their counterparts, are by no means lessimportant or have easier lives than males.
Boland desires for women to awaken to theirpassion for equality in intelligence, respect, and love.
The choice of details and use of comparisons and parallels between men andwomen help Boland portray her complex view of the female role. Through her use of details of a woman leaving bread at the cash register and forgetting to dry the wetlaundry, Boland depicts the sadness and let-down a woman feels when shecompromises her family’s needs. Boland also compares the woman of today tohistorical females. Boland states how “like most historic peoples we are defined bywhat we forget,” and also describes how while the men were out hunting, the womanwere slaving in the kitchen making bread and soup. In addition to details andcomparisons the poignant device that conveys Boland’s views is her drawing parallels between male and females jobs. Boland states that woman will never be fire-eaters because it’s too rigorous, but at the end of the poem Boland shows how one of her friends has a “burning plume.”
Accordingly, the fire imagery exemplified in the flame that burns greedily andthe fire-eaters symbolize the passion for equality within women and their potential
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shipwreck1969

poor essay. worthy of a C, maybe

reply04 / 28 / 2009
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