Feminism Through Adrienne Rich

Feminism Through Adrienne Rich <Tab/>In a time when women were to be seen and not heard, Adrienne Rich wrote about feminism and female strength. She was married and a closet lesbian but found courage in her poetry. "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers" and "Diving into the Wreck" both talk about feminism and the struggle of everyday life for women. In her earlier poems she disguises her views of feminism by talking about …

…if you would just pick them up and use them with the knife to protect you, the camera to see the truth, and the book of myths to help you decipher the lies. As in "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers", the entire poem is a cry for women to leave their mark in the male dominating society. She calls out to women to muster their strength and stand up for themselves instead of be victims of oppression.