WELCOME

ASHA BREG.NO.16514300003

G.C.T.E,THYCAUD.

UNIT II

BREAKING BARRIERS

WOMEN

BY

LOUISE BOGAN

LOUISE BOGAN

About the author• Louise Bogan was born on 11 August 1897.• Educated in Boston University.• Poet and critic• First book of poetry was ‘Body Of This Death’.• Other poems- Dark Summer, Sleeping Fury,

etc.• Died on 4 February 1970

About her poetry

• Her poems reveal her novelty in presenting women’s issues.

MEANINGS

• Wilderness – a large area of land that has never been developed• Provident – careful in planning for the

future• Content – satisfied• Culvert – a tunnel that carries a river or

water under a road

MEANINGS• Stiffen – to make the arm firm

and straight• Benevolence – kindness • Lax – not strict or relaxed• Shallow – not deep

ABOUT THE POEM

The poem is about the agonies of women who are deprived of freedom.

About the poem• The poem draws the dark picture of

how women lead a life of confinement. • It tells us how unambitious, modest

and patient women are.• The poet presents the true nature of

women.

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