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Class 12 Flamingo P6 Aunt Jennifer's Tigers
Class 12 Flamingo P6 Aunt Jennifer's Tigers
BY
ADRIENNE RICH
Adrienne Rich
● American poet, essayist,
second-wave feminist
● One of America’s
foremost public
intellectuals
● Wrote on issues of
identity, feminism,
politics, social injustice,
pacifism, sexuality
Theme of the Poem
The poem, written in 1951, addresses the
constraints of married life a woman experiences.
Aunt Jennifer is a universal symbol of an
oppressed wife who wants to escape from the
traditional institution of marriage and the
patriarchal rules of society. The poem also depicts
the freedom of expression through art, as well as
the permanence / immortality of art over the
transience of human life.
Lexical Items
prance = (v)
/prɑːns /
to spring from
the hind legs
or move by
doing so
Prance = to walk
in an energetic
way and with
more movement
than necessary
denizen = (n) /ˈdɛnɪz(ə)n/ a person, animal, or
plant that lives or is found in a particular place
sleek = (adj) /sliːk/
(especially of hair,
clothes, or shapes)
smooth, shiny, and lying
close to the body, and
therefore looking well
cared for; not untidy and
with no parts sticking
out
sleek = able to
or designed to
move efficiently
and smoothly
topaz = (n)
/ˈtəʊ.pæz /
a transparent,
yellow stone used
in jewellery
chivalric = (adj) / ʃɪvælrɪk /relating to or
connected with the system of chivalry
that was believed in and followed by
medieval knights. Chivalry is defined as
a quality held by knights and gentlemen
offering courage, honor and protection
to women.
Chivalry
Chivalry
Chivalry
fluttering = (v)
/ˈflʌtərɪŋ/
moving with a
light irregular or
trembling motion.
ivory = (n) /ˈʌɪv(ə)ri/
a hard creamy-white
substance composing
the main part of the
tusks of an elephant,
walrus, or narwhal, often
used to make ornaments
and other articles.
massive = (adj)
/ˈmasɪv/
large and heavy
Wedding band = (n)
a thin simple ring
that is given during
the wedding
ceremony to
symbolise
matrimony
panel = (n) /ˈpan(ə)l /
a flat, usually
rectangular part, or
piece of wood,
metal, cloth, etc.,
that fits into or onto
something larger
Ringed = (v) /rɪŋd/ wearing a ring or being
surrounded
ordeal = (n)
/ɔːˈdiːəl/ a very
unpleasant and
prolonged
experience.
Aunt Jennifer's tigers prance across a screen,
Stanza 1
screen - a
green - a aabb
tree - b
certainty - b
Stanza 2
wool - a
pull - a aabb
band - b
hand - b
Stanza 3
lie - a
by - a aabb
made - b
unafraid - b
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