American Literature / Unit 17 AML 1631 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Rich's Politics and Her Change of Style
Captions available
The idea
The anchor says Rich's delicate, restrained poetry became radicalized across the nineteen sixties as she realized her personal situation was political. She wrote that she wanted to choose words that even you would have to be changed by, and criticized war, sexism and environmental destruction.
In practice
Restraint abandoned for conviction.
Where people slip
The early Rich sounds nothing like the later.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Something wrong in this lesson? Flag it