The Last Day of the year

In the poem “The Last Day of the Year,” Annette Von Droste-Hülshoff uses imagery and references to God to express the coming of the end of the year. The poem, however, seems to reflect the impending freedom of women from a patriarchal society. This poem’s imagery and outside references suggest that it is in fact a plea for the end of the suffering of women, and that the coming of their empowerment is …

…her audience, to put her point directly to men. Perhaps most powerful of all are her references and pleas for God to end the suffering, and that he will have final judgement. She feels “The year at its turn, the whirring thread unrolls. (Droste-Hulshoff 1-2). Works Cited Droste-Hulshoff, Annette Von. “The Last Day of the Year.” The Harper Collins World Reader. Ed. Mary Ann Caws, Christopher Prendergast. Harper Collins College Publishers, New York, 1994. Pp. 2002-03.