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The map in words
- A Work of Artifice
- Extended Metaphor
- Bonsai Tree represents Woman
- Gardener represents Patriarchy
- Pot represents Domestic Sphere
- Pruning represents Social Conditioning
- Key Themes
- Feminist Critique
- Suppressed Potential
- Oppression through Conditioning
- Natural vs Artificial
- Literary Devices
- Extended Metaphor
- Irony
- Imagery
- Free Verse
- Images of Restriction
- Bound Feet
- Crippled Brain
- Hair in Curlers
- Hands You Love to Touch
- Poet
- Marge Piercy
- Feminist Activist
- American Writer
- Born 1936
- Extended Metaphor
A Work of Artifice — Concept Overview
The map in words
- A Work of Artifice
- Extended Metaphor
- Bonsai Tree represents Women
- Gardener represents Patriarchy
- Pruning represents Social Conditioning
- Key Themes
- Feminist Critique
- Suppressed Potential
- Oppression and Control
- False Naturalness
- Literary Devices
- Extended Metaphor
- Irony
- Imagery
- Free Verse
- Important Images
- Eighty Feet Tall
- Nine Inches High
- Bound Feet
- Crippled Brain
- Hair in Curlers
- Poet
- Marge Piercy
- American Feminist
- Progressive Activist
- Extended Metaphor
A Work of Artifice — Full Concept Mind Map
The map in words
- root（（A Work of Artifice
- Marge Piercy））
- About the Poet
- Born Detroit 1936
- Feminist Activist
- First in Family to College
- Jewish Heritage
- Notable Works
- Woman on the Edge of Time
- He She and It
- Gone to Soldiers
- Central Metaphor
- Bonsai Tree
- Could Grow 80 Feet Tall
- Kept 9 Inches High
- Pruned Daily
- Kept in a Pot
- Represents Women
- Bonsai Tree
- The Gardener
- Symbol of Patriarchy
- Prunes the Tree
- Croons False Reassurances
- Claims It Is Natural
- Represents Society
- Key Themes
- Feminist Critique
- Oppression of Women
- Suppressed Potential
- Early Conditioning
- False Naturalness
- Literary Devices
- Extended Metaphor
- Irony
- Imagery
- Free Verse
- Personification
- Imagery of Restriction
- Bound Feet
- Crippled Brain
- Hair in Curlers
- Hands You Love to Touch
- The Attractive Pot
- Social Context
- Patriarchal Norms
- Domestic Confinement
- Chinese Foot Binding
- Second Wave Feminism
- Women as Decoration
- Poem Structure
- Free Verse
- Single Stanza
- Short Sharp Lines
- Ironic Tone
- Conversational Style
- About the Poet
The poem uses a bonsai tree as an extended metaphor for a woman whose growth and freedom are deliberately restricted by patriarchal control.
The map in words
- The poem uses a bonsai tree as an extended metaphor for a woman whose growth and freedom are deliberately restricted by patriarchal control.
- Bonsai tree
- Gardener
- Irony
- Restriction and control
- Images of restriction
- Free verse
- Feminist theme
- Marge Piercy
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