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    The poem "Diving Into The Wreck" by Adrienne Rich explores her journey to understand her own identity. She dives into the wreckage to explore it firsthand rather than accept others' definitions. The words she finds are tools to shape her understanding, but there will always be uncertainty, as "we are the half-destroyed instruments." Her quest challenges the myths that initially drove her to seek self-knowledge.

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    The poem "Diving Into The Wreck" by Adrienne Rich explores her journey to understand her own identity. She dives into the wreckage to explore it firsthand rather than accept others' definitions. The words she finds are tools to shape her understanding, but there will always be uncertainty, as "we are the half-destroyed instruments." Her quest challenges the myths that initially drove her to seek self-knowledge.

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    "Diving Into The

    Wreck"
    by Adrienne Rich
    Introduction
    "Diving Into The Wreck" is a poem by
    Adrienne Rich. Rich published this poem in
    1973. The poem's central theme expresses
    going on a journey to explore and have an
    understanding of one self-identity. Rich
    implements many metaphors throughout
    the poem to tell her journey.

    The Wreck
    Rich expresses that she is going to dive
    and explore the wreck that has
    occurred. Rich writes in the poem, "I
    came to explore the wreck" (line 52).
    Rich wants to authentically, and first-
    hand see any trace of ancestry or past
    that may connect something about her.
    Not just be comfortable with what is
    said to or about her identity by others.

    The Words
    "The Words are purpose. The Words are
    maps" (Rich, lines 53-54). Words found
    can be used as a tool to articulate,
    comprehend, and investigate. These
    lines express that words have the
    capacity to set Rich's path to shape and
    be able to define her identity and fit in
    the world.

    Destroyed Instrument
    Rich writes in line 83, "We are the half-
    destroyed instruments." This metaphor
    expresses that the approach to
    understanding one's identity will not
    always be concluded. There will be voids
    and uncertainty in discovering our
    identity as a whole. Additionally, it
    highlights the boundary of the words as
    she struggles to seize her knowledge
    completely.

    Book of Myths
    The book of myths initially influenced
    Rich to dive into the wreck. She wanted to
    encounter and reclaim the myths in such
    said book. "A book of myths" (Rich, line
    92). As she seeks to understand herself,
    she is also challenging and rewriting the
    predominant myths that have
    characterized her.

    Works Cited
    Rich, Adrienne. “Diving into the Wreck.” Poets.org, Academy of American Poets,
    poets.org/poem/diving-wreck. Accessed 31 Jan 2023.

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