Interpretation of "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers" by Adrienne Rich

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 the poet's word choice
 the interpretation

• Include a short quote from the poem--a word or phrase--along with a correct citation at the end of the sentence containing the quote. In your citation, give the writer's last name and the line number. Example: (Thiel, line 12). See notes below.

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"Aunt Jennifer's Tigers" by Adrienne Rich

Aunt Jennifer’s tigers prance across a screen,
Bright topaz denizens of a world of green.
They do not fear the men beneath the tree;
They pace in sleek chivalric certainty.
Aunt Jennifer’s fingers fluttering through her wool
Find even the ivory needle hard to pull.
The massive weight of Uncle’s wedding band
Sits heavily upon Aunt Jennifer’s hand.
When Aunt is dead, her terrified hands will lie
Still ringed with ordeals she was mastered by.
The tigers in the panel that she made
Will go on prancing, proud and unafraid.