Diving Into the Wreck

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…where her words expose the diver as an androgyne. And I am here, the mermaid whose dark hair streams black, the merman in his armored body . . . I am she: I am he Rich uses this allegorical poem to expose others to different ideas about self-exploration and discovery and the strong social divisions between men and women. It inspires the reader to think about what they truly believe about themselves and the world they live in.