The poem, 'The Domesticity of Giraffes', written by Judith Beveridge portrays and engages with the audience in many ways, that the image of women is highlighted through. These ideas are conveyed through techniques and the themes 'Desperate for Freedom', and 'losing your sense of identity'.
The detailed poem explores and illustrates the image of women physically and mentally through the theme 'Desperate for freedom'. This theme outlines in detail how women wanted their own freedom rights and were desperate for it. Judith Beveridge reveals these ideas through a wide range of techniques and visual imagery such as being physically disabled, doing nothing but chores and highlighting women's domestic violence. The theme, Desperate for Freedom, is a strong and appealing theme that Judith Beveridge portrays women through. Judith first reveals the sight of the theme, 'Desperate for Freedom' when she mentions “Bruised-apple eyed” in line 5. This eye-catching metaphor reveals a hidden image that leads to the domestic violence of women. Not only does Judith point out the hidden meaning, she also attaches a dull feeling to the metaphor. The dull feeling adds a stronger background feeling and image to the metaphor. The poet later on mentions another metaphor that is illustrated in line 16 when she mentions the words “wire-cripple”. In this featured metaphor, Women seem to be portrayed as being disabled, but not physically disabled. This gets the persona thinking on why she is described as being mentally disabled. Due to her freedom being taken away from her since she is in an enclosed space, the author decided to portray and describe her as having a disabled image. Towards the end of the poem, Judith mentions a repetitive action when she includes “She circles the pen, licks the wire, mimics a gum-chewing audience.” on lines 19-20. This course of action gives the reader the thought of repetitive action for example,