The Girls (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Diane Wakoski
- First Published: 1986
- Type of Work: Verse essay
- Genres: Free verse, Poetry
The Poem
Diane Wakoski’s “The Girls” consists of six verse paragraphs in which the first-person speaker addresses the differences, both physical and intellectual, between herself and other women, whom she labels “the girls.” Since “girls” is a term customarily used by male chauvinists to describe females of all ages, Wakoski’s poem has a decidedly feminist edge. “The Girls” was written “for Margaret Atwood and Cathy Davidson”: Atwood is a Canadian writer and literary critic with feminist views, and Davidson is a feminist literary critic.
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