Summary "It's a Woman's World"

                In the poem, “It’s a Woman’s World” by Eavan Boland, I adapted a subliminal message from the speaker. I believe she wants more women in society to be noticed of their talents and intelligence than oppose to typical household duties. In lines 1-4 Eavan Boland quotes, “Our way of life has hardly changed since a wheel first whetted a knife.” Unfortunately this quote is factual to a certain extent. Although we do have elite women, truth is most women fear going outside the box. Their so accustomed to housework, some men brainwash them into thinking that’s their obligation.

                During the time of the Women’s Suffrage era, women did not have a choice. They couldn’t vote or own property. Today women are capable of pursuing the American Dream. The problem is women do not have enough of what Eavan Boland refers to in line 54 as “fire-eaters”. The point Eavan Boland is trying to make is that women need to speak up and get those promotions.

                As much as women hold themselves back, they also hold back their children. As said by Eavan Boland in line 38-41, “By night our windows moth our children to the flame of hearth not history.” As we all know majority of children looks up to their parents. Eavan Boland argues that women should be role models for their children, especially for their daughters.

                Though I am familiar with the terms “gored” and “appetize”, I was unclear about the author’s intensions in lines 29-36. Did she mean while the men were killing each other, women were preparing dinner for their man in an exaggerating manner? Or does it literally mean during a time of war, women were typically playing housewife?

                In conclusion, the title of the story in my perspective is the contradictory of the poem.  After thoroughly reading this poem, I made up my mind that it is not a woman’s world. It’s a man’s world. How is it possible for the world to belong to a gender that never varies? I believe the speaker is referring to a utopia world that she wishes will exist.

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Letter to Author

Dear Ms. Eavan Boland,

                Reading your delightful poem, reminds me of my cousin Lisa and how she overcame many obstacles. She disabled the typical stereotypes of how woman are portrayed, overcomes poverty and proves that women are capable of pursuing their goals. In the poem “It’s a Woman’s World” the speaker discusses how women evaluate their failures by milestones. I would argue that women today such as Lisa calculate their success by milestones.

               Back then, women were considered only being useful for housework such as laundry, cleaning, cooking and babysitting.  Although I highly appreciate that sort of work, I would prefer a wife that is active and has a solid career like my cousin Lisa. She graduated from UCLA and has a profession as a pediatrician. Ironically speaking, some men do not believe women are capable of handling that type of responsibility. That’s why I feel this poem is a wakeup call for women to prove some men wrong.

               In my neighborhood, African Americans and Latino boys have a rough time graduating. It’s usually the women who make it to the Universities.  This fact alone tells me that women have a better chance of overcoming hardship. I was astonished off the fact that Lisa grew up in a household where it’s easy to get access drugs and things of that manner.  Dodging all that negativity in her neighborhood proves that women can do something if they just attempt it.

               Finally I would like to address that women today still do not get credited the way they should. Women have the most unique aspect a human being can do, which is birthing a child. So when it comes to women never on the scene of the crime, I would argue that the speaker is exaggerating. She indeed knows that if it weren’t for women, all these important advocates and philosophers would not exist.

Work Cited
http://lindasuegrimes.suite101.com/eavan-bolands-its-a-womans-world-a10801

Poetry

      A few examples of poetry are: “A man is” by Michael Winn, and “Still i Rise” by Maya Angelo. I believe poetry is a form of art where people can express the way their feeling. A way one can define poetry is by looking for words that appeal the audience emotionally or inspirationally. For example, in the well written poem “A Man is” by Michael Winn he points out the differences between a man and a male.

    When it comes to poetry being popular, I disagree. I believe we are subliminally surrounded by poetry everywhere we go. Although the book definition of poetry is the art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts; I would agree that poetry is beyond that. Poetry can be music in which artist express their emotions lyrically. Many people would not assume poetry can be as simple as a picture. I am a firm believer that if anything has a story to it, then it has potential of being poetry.

     My most memorable poem I’ve ever read was “A Man is” by Michael Winn. I was a member of this afterschool program called “Boys to Men”. We had to memorize this poem in order to successfully complete the program. This poem is something I plan to live by forever. I had no idea one simple poem can dramatically change a human beings’ way of thinking.
   
  At my high school, we were taught that poetry is an awesome way expressing oneself. We were also taught that poetry is a powerful tool. A good example of that would be some of Tupac’s poem. In his poems he talks about living in poverty, and politics. Tupac being one out of many African Americans to do so lyrically proves that he is a leader. Although he’s dead, many people loves his music, because it’s real. 

    Poetry that I’ve learned outside of class would probably be through music. Personally I feel poetry outside of a classroom is more effective. We can relate poems by artist than oppose to typical nursery rhymes we learn in class. Poems outside can also be pretty exciting.  For example, at a poet jam even the audience participates. When a poet is finish with their poem, the audience then snaps rather than clapping.

     I wrote many songs throughout my high school years. My favorite song/poem is called “You Can Be”. It’s basically an inspirational song to motivate kids with low self-esteem like myself. Whenever I feel like giving up, I also listen to this song to encourage me. Writing a poem takes a lot of creativity than oppose to reading a poem. Quite frankly, I prefer writing a poem because I am a creative person.