A Woman Mourned By Daughters: An Analysis

Part I of Essay
“A Woman Mourned by Daughters”, by Adrienne Rich, is a very descriptive poem in which two women are speaking to their dead mother. There are several parts to this poem starting from the when the mother dies, and moving gradually backward to when the daughters were young g ....

Part II of Essay
.... it is all the things that she used to do to them. A knot forms in their throats (“what rises in our throats like the food you prodded in”) as they think about how they used to be treated. After the mother dies, the daughters are left with several responsibilities which are discussed in the next section (Lines 22-28). These responsibilities are not ones which the daughters would be happy to take care of. They are so hateful toward their mother and the problems she left are only a burden to them. They feel that they are still being pushed a ....