A Closer Look at "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers"
Kate Kessel
Comp II, Dr. Kusnetz
February 22, 2005

The poem "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers" by Adrienne Rich was written in 1950. At first glance, it appears to be a feminist piece whose sole purpose is to point out the ways in which a particular woman (Aunt Jennifer) is oppressed. However when a closer look is given, there is much more to this piece. When the poem is read line by line, much more meaning can be gleaned from it.
"Aunt Jennifer's Tigers prance across a screen," the screen would seem to be a tapestry of some kind on which Aunt Jennifer stitched tigers. "Bright topaz denizens," the tiger Aunt Jennifer stitched are a bright green-blue, possibly symbolizing royalty, truth and growth all at the same time. Topaz is also a semiprecious stone which comes in an array of different colors, quite a few birth stones are varying shades of topaz. The most common colors are blue and amber. Amber topaz would be about the color of a......

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