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Journal on “Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers” By Adrienne Rich
In the first stanza of this poem, the speaker refers Aunt Jennifer raises many tigers as her pets. One day, tigers intrude a screen of the neighbor’s house. Tigers don’t afraid of the people who stand beneath the tree. Even tigers paces to them. And the next stanza of this poem, the speaker mentions tigers are jumping to the Aunt Jennifer’s hand when she knits the wool. In the end of this poem, the speaker refers Aunt Jennifer die because she can’t sustain the heft of tigers after tigers jumps to her. And the tigers don’t feel ashamed, sad or scared after she dies. Tigers continue to prance the panel Aunt Jennifer made.
This poem is a tragic story. I’m confused about why Aunt Jennifer determines to raise these unstrained and heavy tigers which she can’t control. Why she raises a monsters that may kill you someday in her house. In my own interpretation, the theme is human being are fragile than animal. I think it overthrows traditional myth on human beings are smarter and superior than animal. In my view, the poet writes this poem to query the humanism; a concept was popular in the Renaissance period. I think this poem is anti-humanistic and naturalistic. There is a sarcastic and ambiguous condition I found in this poem is “The tigers in the panel that she made, Will go on prancing…” Because I think the panel may like a cage to control the tigers, but why tigers can easily prance. Since the panel is useless. It is a satire. Since the host, Aunt Jennifer doesn’t construct the panel is firm, she die as her deserved punishment. Also I think the poet portrays the importance of making a right decision.
In the first stanza of this poem, the speaker refers Aunt Jennifer raises many tigers as her pets. One day, tigers intrude a screen of the neighbor’s house. Tigers don’t afraid of the people who stand beneath the tree. Even tigers paces to them. And the next stanza of this poem, the speaker mentions tigers are jumping to the Aunt Jennifer’s hand when she knits the wool. In the end of this poem, the speaker refers Aunt Jennifer die because she can’t sustain the heft of tigers after tigers jumps to her. And the tigers don’t feel ashamed, sad or scared after she dies. Tigers continue to prance the panel Aunt Jennifer made.
This poem is a tragic story. I’m confused about why Aunt Jennifer determines to raise these unstrained and heavy tigers which she can’t control. Why she raises a monsters that may kill you someday in her house. In my own interpretation, the theme is human being are fragile than animal. I think it overthrows traditional myth on human beings are smarter and superior than animal. In my view, the poet writes this poem to query the humanism; a concept was popular in the Renaissance period. I think this poem is anti-humanistic and naturalistic. There is a sarcastic and ambiguous condition I found in this poem is “The tigers in the panel that she made, Will go on prancing…” Because I think the panel may like a cage to control the tigers, but why tigers can easily prance. Since the panel is useless. It is a satire. Since the host, Aunt Jennifer doesn’t construct the panel is firm, she die as her deserved punishment. Also I think the poet portrays the importance of making a right decision.
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