Aunt Jennifer's Tigers
Read this poem. My English teacher told a very, very funny story about a group of cheating students who all came up with the same theory: the tigers represent Aunt Jennifer's breasts!! As much as this sounds ridiculous beyond all understanding, this could be a serious discussion about a woman's sexuality, a repressed marriage...yeah. I could write a mini essay about that issue in general.
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I studied that poem way back when I did my Engliah degree. Adrienne Rich was a little scary, then. I like this poem a lot now. The idea of the tigers representing Aunt's breasts made me smile, especially when they go on "prancing, proud and unafraid" even after her death. :)
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