Snapshots of a Daughter-in-Law (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Adrienne Rich
- First Published: 1963
- Type of Work: Dramatic monologue
- Genres: Poetry, Dramatic monologue
- Subjects: Freedom, Family or family life, South or Southerners, Beauty, Feminism, Women, Reading, Captivity, Sacrifice, Mind and body
The Poem
“Snapshots of a Daughter-in-Law” is a ten-part poem, with each part composed of an uneven number of lines and stanzas. The speaker appears at first to address an older woman, probably the mother-in-law of the other, younger woman in the poem, a daughter-in-law. The two women are respectively “you” and “she,” but neither of the two women “converses” with the speaker in the poem.
In each part, the speaker refers or alludes to a literary passage or phrase. The references provide her with a foundation for a philosophical discussion with the two...
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