Adrienne Rich Video

Adrienne Rich is a world renowned poet who is a woman who was able to speak her mind, and share her private views and opinions to the world through her poetry. The video biography of Adrienne Rich includes several photographs of her through the years. In each photo she looks thoughtful and shares a slight smile with the camera. Adrienne Rich lived a very typical woman's life early in her career. She married, and gave birth to 3 sons. Her private life changed when she decided to divorce her husband. The type and tone of her poetry changed along with these changes in her life. She went from writing metric works to free verse, and her tone became angry and confrontational many pieces. Adrienne Ric had been described early in her life as a princess living a fairytale. She was actually living a false life. Rich wrote "Diving Into A Wreck" and the title poem in that collection of poetry reflected her feelings on gender and sexual orientation. The video shares with us the various awards that Adrienne Rich has received. One very intriguing fact was her refusal to accept the National Medal of Arts Award in 1997, as she felt that the administration of the U.S. at that time did not share her political views and her artistic feelings. One point that is not emphasised in the video is that Adrienne Rich, whose poetry expresses many views of the feminist movement of the 1970's, left her heterosexual life and began to live a lesbian lifestyle that continues today. The poem that is read at the end of the video was disturbing, yet expressed very true and stark views of the unfair way rape victims are viewed and treated in our society.