A Woman Mourned By Daughters: An Analysis
Beginning of paper
“A Woman Mourned by Daughters”, by Adrienne Rich, is a very descriptive
poem in which two women are speaking to their dead mother. There are several
parts to this poem starting from the when the mother dies, and moving gradually
backward to when the daughters were young girls.
It begins with ....
Middle of paper
.... 15-20) they discuss that what upsets them
now that she is gone, isn't the fact that she died, it is all the things that
she used to do to them. A knot forms in their throats (“what rises in our
throats like the food you prodded in”) as they think about how they used to be
treated.
After the mother dies, the daughters are left with several
responsibilities which are discussed in the next section (Lines 22-28). These
responsibilities are not ones which the daughters would be happy to ....
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