“The Young House Wife" really caught my attention this week because though it is a rather short poem there is so much meaning and symbolism behind its words. The narrator describes this woman as this "Shy, Uncorseted" (Line 7) woman that is seen already working early in the morning. She is this beautiful woman that is noticed at first glance yet the narrator compares her to "a fallen leaf." and one asks the question why? Why is this beautiful woman "a fallen leaf"(line 7) This woman so young and full of youth is compared to such a leaf because she herself has fallen as a woman due to the fact that she stays within the walls of her house confined and obligated to the rules of her husband. She must do as he says everyday always obeying and never daring to do otherwise. The only freedom she has left is that of going to the fence every morning at 10 to yes call out to "ice man, fish man" Line 6 for that is her duty but this is also where she can let others see the young beautiful woman that is left in her before she loses herself completely to her husband and her fallen marriage.
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