Analysis Of It's A Woman's World By Eavan Boland

In the poem “It’s a Woman’s World,” Eavan Boland uses many poetic devices such as alliteration, simile, and enjambment in order to explain life from a woman’s point of view and how women have lived the same since the beginning of time.

Throughout history, women have been overlooked and underappreciated, and in the poem “It’s a Woman’s World” by Eavan Boland, the author illustrates the quiet, yet vital role that women play in society. The speaker reveals their complex conception of a “Woman’s World” through their insight, analogies, and foreshadowing.

Women have long been fighting for their right to be seen as equal to men. Even to this day, women continue to fight for their rights, things such as the right to non-gender discriminatory wages. While there may be some arguments over the state of gender equality in the modern world, it is undeniable that there have been great strides made toward recognizing the female 's worth in the workforce and as a human being. Despite these strides, however, things are still not yet ideal for women and many of the issues females face today are the very same issues that have been plaguing them for decades. While it is unfortunate the oppression of women has been so long-lived, the length of that exposure has thankfully enabled many talented writers to both lament over the fact and emphasize the need for gender equality.

In author’s speech she mentions; “Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud puddles, or gives me any best place! And ain’t I a woman?” she compares herself with a woman who received help from a man. This brings up together relevant information about woman having the capabilities to be as equal as men, to be as hardworking and skillful as man. As a matter of fact; nowadays; there is woman discrimination nowadays such as unfairness in equal pay in job opportunities. Most women tend to earn less money than man and have less opportunities than men. For the fact that women are not as strong and intellectual as man therefore women will not be employed for the lack of efficiency than men.

These two articles, “The End of Men,” by Hanna Rosin and “Still a Man’s World,” by Philip Cohen, discuss the success of women in the workforce and what that means for what is to come. Hanna Rosin and Philip Cohen bring different viewpoints on the progress we have made and where we are heading in the future.

In “It’s a Woman’s World,” Eavan Boland uses allusion, imagery, and tone in her poem to vocalize the everyday life of a “woman’s world.”

Louis Bogan deals with the political issue of feminism as she criticizes women, the main target of the poem, as she writes about their shortcomings and passive state through irony. During her time, women were oppressed, marginalized and were ultimately silenced by their gender. Bogan criticizes the dullness and passionless state of women at that time in hope that they might change. Bogan begins to criticize by saying that women lack “wilderness” and that they are “content in the tight hot cell of their hearts” (1-4, Page 612). Although association with being wild is negative and unladylike, Bogan figuratively suggests that women have no adventure

Throughout the ages, women have been graded on their performance and instructed on what is supposed to be their purpose. In the poem, “Marks,” by Linda Pastan, the speaker expresses her distaste for being graded on how she performs her “womanly” tasks. Likewise, in the poem, “Women,” by May Swenson, the speaker seems to be comprised of a contingent of people from the time the poem was written – around 1978 – likewise, the speaker of “Marks” is a wife and mother of two children – a boy and a girl. The poem, “Women,” details how the people of the time feel about women and who they should “serve.” Since both poems seemingly depict the purpose of women, the poem “Marks” could be incorporated into the class discussion to show conflicting perspectives between women and the public about the treatment of women.

In “It’s a Woman’s World,” Eavan Boland reveals her complex conception of a “woman's world” in chronological order by the use of figurative language. She conveys the idea of woman being misunderstood, and treated differently.

Throughout history women have been looked down upon by men. For example, in American history they were not allowed to go to school nor vote as they were viewed as inferior to men. In this poem the speaker presents women as an essential part of society, the building blocks on which greatness stands. Women perform daily household tasks represented in the poem as washing powder,

The society as a whole leads to the suffering of women. The poem fails to convey that view by being highly one-sided.

The presence of women in the workforce has been rapidly increasing. Now, more than ever, women can be felt in nearly every aspect of the workplace. Even though we have come a long way from the unfair treatment of women, inequality still remains in the workplace. Women still receive less pay, are not promoted as quickly, and are generally discriminated against in the workplace due to stereotyping. It is the common stereotype of women as housewives that holds women back. Women 's stature in the workplace is far better than it was 50 years ago, but there is much improvement still to be made before women have an equal place.

Since women began gaining independence, the lack of gender equality in the work environment has become a growing issue in the United States of America. Traditionally, a woman’s power is obtained through her role in her family; a man’s power is determined by his ranking in his career (Wolf 235). For this reason, a woman’s social position is determined by the main male figure in her life, whether that be her father or her husband (Wolf 235). Women who seek to break this norm and earn their position in society through their own career achievements face great struggle and adversity, because of the preexisting ideals of a woman’s place in society. Women who do obtain careers and are the main supporters in their family often are seen in “less aggressive” and less powerful positions in their career, directly affecting their income and the way they are viewed in society. Research has proven that the adversity women continue to face in the workplace can be attributed to the policies and regulations of the employer, whether they decide to truly base employment off qualifications or the ideals of society. The limitations women face in the workplace have not just caused a dilemma over gender inequality but also a lack of understanding between men and women as well as a lack of understanding in how a woman views herself.

Every person has his/her own story, own problems, and one thing that is common among everyone is the obstacles faced because at some point or the other a person has to face obstacles in life. Let’s consider the poem with respect to a woman. As author herself was a woman, it would provide us with a better understanding and we could try to understand the state of mind of the author at that point of

In the poem “It’s a Woman’s World by Eavan Boland, the speaker pours out her unattainable emotions towards the way women are looked upon. Women are “what will never be”(Boland 21) in history.Their “way of life/ has hardly changed”(Boland ½).