Duality in gender roles demonstrating the assertion of male power over female identity appears in the descriptions of the cop as “[…] a prowler” (Rich 1). By definition, this term refers to “a person who hunts stealthily” and creates connotation to the image of a predator – a symbol of dominance in nature – to imply that the cop is in a role with equal authority (OED). Through this characterization, a dichotomy with the speaker of the poem develops in which they are in the role of prey. Just as prey is “seized by a predator,” to be consumed, it is by confessing the details of their rape, that the speaker is likewise put at the mercy of the cop. Notably, the cop “takes down (their) worst moment” and thus, consumes the intimate, or private quality…