“Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers” Adrienne RichAunt Jennifer's tigers prance across a screen,Bright topaz denizens in a world of green
They do not fear the men beneath the tree; They pace in sleek chivalric certainty
Aunt Jennifer’s fingers fluttering through her woolFind even the ivory needle hard to pull
The massive weight of Uncle’s wedding band Sits heavily upon Aunt Jennifer’s hand
When Aunt is dead, her terrified hands will lieStill ringed with ordeals she was mastered by
The tigers in the panel that she madeWill go on prancing, proud and unafraid
杰妮夫姨妈的老虎在屏风上窜腾,安居在绿草世界犹如黄玉般晶亮
对于树下的人类它们不屑畏惧;自信的步态骑士般孔武而自如
詹妮孚姨妈的手指在毛线间摸索,甚至那象牙色钩针也难以穿梭
姨父硕大的婚戒沉甸甸地缠绕将詹妮孚姨妈的手指紧紧套牢
姨妈亡故,她惊颤的双手终于放松但主宰终生的磨难依旧是她的指环
她编织的装饰图案中,那些老虎继续窜腾,一如既往,傲岸且无灵活运用,押韵\铺垫\借代\比方\联想等多种修辞手法,烘托出悲怆的气氛,逼真描绘女主人公被男权社会压迫的命运,与威风凛凛的老虎形象形成鲜