ENGLISH BOARDS

Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers - Adrienne Rich

MARRIAGE, GENDER, POWER.

The tigers’ power is contrasted against Aunt Jennifer’s own—or lack thereof. AJ is confined within the norms of social structures and repressions, tigers prance beyond.

FEMINIST TWIST ON CLASSIC SIGNATURE TUNE OF ARTS ABILITY TO LIVE LONGER THAN HUMAN LIFE.

Chilvalric certainity- masters of will, vicinity and intent.

Power dynamic of a traditional heterosexual marriage opposes women (20th century). Regressive paternalistic society. Subjugation, compromise, financial dependence. Silenced and crippled.

CREATIVE EXPRESSION, AND PERSONAL FREEDOM.

Parallel existence of freedom/ rebellion and fear/ repression

Resorting to catharsis to preserve in marriage.

PLIGHT- BEST explained by her HANDS, they hold both her freedom and the instrument of her oppression.

“When you are accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression”

Mother @ 66 - Kamala Das

CONFESSIONS AND APPREHENSIONS of the daughter of an aging mother.

Ordinary but profound human nature is revealed through this personal reverie

“IDEA OF MOVEMENT” -3

Message- importance of cherishing and appreciating the people we love, while we still can.

Last friday- overarching idea, things are coming to an end

Reality haunts the poet. Helplessness, Plethora of emotions. Childish unwillingness.

Keeping Quiet - Pablo Neruda

INTROSPECTION AND CALM CONTEMPLATION.

Listen to the voice of your conscience. Quietness is mental calmness. Turn inwards and address important questions about life and the world. Use silence to direct our attention to things that matter.

SIMPLE SOLUTION to many of our current social, political and religious problem.

Margaret Atwood “Language divides us into fragments, I wanted to be whole”

NOT activist’s call to action BUT philosopher’s call to introspection.

INCLUSIVITY- heart of the poem

TRANSFORMATIVE EXPERIENCE- SEISMIC SHIFT IN CONSCIOUSNESS.

Hustle culture. Conservation of environment, beauty and fragility. Violence and conflict resolution. Sadness of never understanding yourself. Earth - teacher.

A Thing Of Beauty - John Keats

REDEMPTIVE POWER OF BEAUTY.

Enduring and uplifting. Palliative effect. Medicine of life.

Immortal drink- life-giving force- pleasure, motivation, inspiration, pride. Man can get rest, relief and power in the company of nature, therefore transcending time and mortality.

NATURE.

Solace and tranquility. Celebratory and reflective. Indestructible consolation. Not just decorative, distracting but life sustaining.

Beauty is beyond skin, its in the SOUL.

A Roadside Stand - Robert Frost

RURAL INNOCENCE VS URBAN APATHY.

Rural folk clinging to their modest dreams. Aching disparity. Plea for patronage- cold disdain by tightfisted urban.

ROADSIDE STAND.

A microcosm of hope and despair. Ignored and unaddressed. Stationary, no progress. Reduced to a corner of the conversation.

BENEFACTORS, THE PREDATORS.

Soothe(Silence) and befool the unalloyed hearts and minds.

Deluded by false dreams. (Gullible) Illusory Hollywood glamour. Lulled them into complacent sleep.