Poetry- Woman to Man by Judith Wright

Woman to Man by Judith Wright At first glance, the title seemed to have more than one connotation. "Woman to Man;" is the woman giving something to the man, maybe a gift? "Woman to Man." Maybe the title is trying to compare the two genders? I was slightly confused when I read this poem at first, but it became apparent from the rich metaphors, that it was about the sexual relation between the woman and …showed first 75 words of 1056 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1056 total…The stanzas begin and end, individually, for the first and last lines rhyme, which creates a feeling of ‘wholleness’ to each stanza, quite appropriate to the act of creating or bearing a child. It is like a song, a pentameter that begins bold, but ends in a quiet tone, making its reader reflect, not only about the ending, but the entire poem as a serious issue, that fornication is, or can be, a holy act.