Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers (Leaving Cert English): Flashcards
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Author of 'Aunt Jennifer's Tigers'
Author of 'Aunt Jennifer's Tigers'
Adrienne Rich
Year 'Aunt Jennifer's Tigers' published
Year 'Aunt Jennifer's Tigers' published
1951
What Aunt Jennifer's tigers symbolise
What Aunt Jennifer's tigers symbolise
Freedom, strength, fearlessness
What Uncle's wedding band symbolises
What Uncle's wedding band symbolises
Patriarchal oppression/weight of marriage
Central theme of poem
Central theme of poem
Feminine creativity vs oppression
What art achieves in the poem
What art achieves in the poem
Permanence/immortality that transcends life
Example of alliteration in poem
Example of alliteration in poem
'Finger fluttering' or 'prancing, proud'
Poem's rhyme scheme
Poem's rhyme scheme
AABB (rhyming couplets) throughout
What 'bright topaz' tigers symbolise
What 'bright topaz' tigers symbolise
Warmth and value
What embroidery represents
What embroidery represents
Women's creative expression in traditional sphere
Tone progression through stanzas
Tone progression through stanzas
Descriptive → sympathetic → tragic & hopeful
How tigers move in poem
How tigers move in poem
With 'sleek chivalric certainty'
Extended metaphor in poem
Extended metaphor in poem
Tigers as artistic offspring/children
Type of diction Rich uses
Type of diction Rich uses
Formal, elevated