Collected Early Poems, 1950-1970 (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Adrienne Rich
- First Published: 1993
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Genres: Poetry
- Subjects: Family or family life, Memory, Politics, Sexism, Homosexuality or homosexuals, Love or romance, Gender roles, Marriage, Poetry or poets, Feminism, Lesbianism or lesbians, Women’s issues, Women, Creative process, Life and death, Precious metals or stones, Diamonds, Gems, Weather
Adrienne Rich’s Collected Early Poems, 1950- 1970 is an impressive collection. The mode is primarily lyric, although a few of the poems have narrative elements and some are strong thematic statements. One critic, Helen Vendler, has divided Rich’s poetry into the psychological and the didactic. The first two sections in this collection are decidedly psychological, but the third, “Snapshots of a Daughter-in-Law,” shifts the balance to the didactic poems; in these poems Rich often takes a strong feminist stance. Rich’s poetry tends to be direct and forceful, with little of...
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