About a Poem
It’s A Woman’s World
“It’s A Woman’s World” written by Eavan Boland is a poem about how woman should embrace their strengths. It’s a Woman’s World” focuses on issues of female identity and how the contributions of women have been overlooked. The speaker of Eavan Boland’s poem, seems to intend irony with the title of this poem, she is not saying this is a woman’s world, but rather speaks of the world from the woman’s point of view. Boland shows her views that women, who are placed in less harsh jobs than the opposite sex, are by no means less important or have easier lives. Eavan Boland is telling woman by this poem to fight for equality, that men and woman have had it equally hard throughout history.
In the first stanza of “It’s a Woman’s World,” Boland introduces the idea that women’s lives have remained largely unchanged throughout history. In the second stanza, Boland elaborates on the theme she established in the first stanza. She stresses that women’s lives have remained unchanged, although technological advances such as more powerful combustion and improved wheels have occurred. Again in the third and fourth stanza, with the use of providing details from the traditionally female roles Boland continues to elaborate on the theme of how women’s lives have hardly changed. The “loaf” mentions indirectly to the daily chore of buying groceries for a family, while the “washing powder” and “wash” refer to the domestic chore of doing laundry. This theme through the first four stanza continues throughout the poem. Boland continues to focuses on the issues that through out all of history woman have played their roles in life, with as much work and effort as men have, and still things haven’t changed for them. Yes woman can get other jobs outside the house, and may have more freedom then they once had, however Boland puts it as “ merely getting a breath of evening air”. woman are still seen as week, and house keepers. Leaving all that they have done and still do
“It’s A Woman’s World” written by Eavan Boland is a poem about how woman should embrace their strengths. It’s a Woman’s World” focuses on issues of female identity and how the contributions of women have been overlooked. The speaker of Eavan Boland’s poem, seems to intend irony with the title of this poem, she is not saying this is a woman’s world, but rather speaks of the world from the woman’s point of view. Boland shows her views that women, who are placed in less harsh jobs than the opposite sex, are by no means less important or have easier lives. Eavan Boland is telling woman by this poem to fight for equality, that men and woman have had it equally hard throughout history.
In the first stanza of “It’s a Woman’s World,” Boland introduces the idea that women’s lives have remained largely unchanged throughout history. In the second stanza, Boland elaborates on the theme she established in the first stanza. She stresses that women’s lives have remained unchanged, although technological advances such as more powerful combustion and improved wheels have occurred. Again in the third and fourth stanza, with the use of providing details from the traditionally female roles Boland continues to elaborate on the theme of how women’s lives have hardly changed. The “loaf” mentions indirectly to the daily chore of buying groceries for a family, while the “washing powder” and “wash” refer to the domestic chore of doing laundry. This theme through the first four stanza continues throughout the poem. Boland continues to focuses on the issues that through out all of history woman have played their roles in life, with as much work and effort as men have, and still things haven’t changed for them. Yes woman can get other jobs outside the house, and may have more freedom then they once had, however Boland puts it as “ merely getting a breath of evening air”. woman are still seen as week, and house keepers. Leaving all that they have done and still do