Louise Glück is an American poet who was born in 1943 in New York City. Her poetry deals a lot with conflict and people being pulled in different directions. In one of her poems titled “Dead End,” she describes the life of a woman who experiences domestic abuse through her perspective. “I said, ‘Divorce me from this crap, this steady diet / of abuse with cereal, abuse / with vodka and tomato juice…’/ Staying was my way of hitting back,” (Glück). The woman is portrayed as the victim in the relationship but she feels that her staying with the man is a way for her to fight back against his abuse. She says things like “divorce me from this crap,” which expresses her feelings about leaving him. The poem starts with Glück using past tense with “I
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In her poem “Grandmother in the Garden” she presents a grandmother looking back on her life and the changes she’s experienced while watching her world grow around her. “I close my eyes. And all the clothes / I have thrown out come back to me,” (Glück). The description of her clothes coming back to her as though she’s looked into the past represents that changes she’s gone through as she’s grown older and how the memories are so vivid she can picture them. Glück also uses the “clothes” as a symbol for memories; providing a deeper meaning to the vivacity and exuberance the grandmother experiences when she closes her eyes and sees the past. The use of time by Glück also portrays the changes that this character experiences and gives the audience a look into how Glück has seen the world change from her personal perspective. “The drugged Long Island summer sun drains / Pattern from those empty sleeves,” (Glück). The grandmother notes how the summer drains pattern or life from empty sleeves, referring to her grandchildren, who she can see from her garden. Her grandchildren have empty sleeves because they’re so young, they have no pattern like their grandmother’s because they’re still experiencing life while their grandmother is reflecting on her
In her poem “Grandmother in the Garden” she presents a grandmother looking back on her life and the changes she’s experienced while watching her world grow around her. “I close my eyes. And all the clothes / I have thrown out come back to me,” (Glück). The description of her clothes coming back to her as though she’s looked into the past represents that changes she’s gone through as she’s grown older and how the memories are so vivid she can picture them. Glück also uses the “clothes” as a symbol for memories; providing a deeper meaning to the vivacity and exuberance the grandmother experiences when she closes her eyes and sees the past. The use of time by Glück also portrays the changes that this character experiences and gives the audience a look into how Glück has seen the world change from her personal perspective. “The drugged Long Island summer sun drains / Pattern from those empty sleeves,” (Glück). The grandmother notes how the summer drains pattern or life from empty sleeves, referring to her grandchildren, who she can see from her garden. Her grandchildren have empty sleeves because they’re so young, they have no pattern like their grandmother’s because they’re still experiencing life while their grandmother is reflecting on her