ibeingbornawomen
- Created by: annapowell
- Created on: 21-05-18 11:09
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- I being born a woman
- Main ideas
- Social satire, commentary on lack of choices for women
- First 5 lines ridicule what women are expected to want
- Contrasts views of women with feelings of lust (women shouldn't lust)
- 'Speakers of Millay's poems can never be accused of sexual coyness' (Cartonhubbard)
- A03
- Edna St Vincent Millay 1923
- Open bisexual and pacifist of WW1 shocked many
- One of the greatest female poets of the 20th century
- Bold non conformist poetry which explores female sexuality
- Combined traditional forms with progressive attitudes
- Revolutionary poem for women based on feminist philosophy
- Edna St Vincent Millay 1923
- Links with Jane (A04)
- Both are revolutionary texts
- Both shows strong independent women
- Both texts look at women having passion however Jane's has to be tempered
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