Sunday, April 15, 2012

The poem Squares and Angles by Alfonsina Storni is all about conformity.  Her use of repetition of objects with the straight edges and ninety degree angles all point to this idea of conformity.  The idea of her being a feminist makes me think that she looks at this problem of men being in control of everything and ruling the world leads people into losing their identity and that the things that make humanity will lose its shape like the teardrop at the end of the story.  This was almost happening to american culture in the 1950's.  Everyone was moving into suburbia with the same homes and yards and the contest to see who is the most american it drove society to its breaking point in the 1960's with the hippie movement.

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