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The woman poet must be either a sexless, reclusive eccentric, with nothing to say specifically to women, or a brilliant,
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"The woman poet must be either a sexless, reclusive eccentric, with nothing to say specifically to women, or a brilliant, tragic, tortured suicide"

- Marilyn Hacker

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This quote by Marilyn Hacker speaks with the tough position of ladies poets in society. It suggests that females poets are typically viewed as either too eccentric and gotten rid of from the world to have anything to say to other females, or as fantastic but doomed to a terrible end. This implies that females poets are not viewed as efficient in accomplishing success or acknowledgment in the same way as their male equivalents. It also recommends that women poets are frequently viewed as too fragile to manage the pressures of the literary world, which they are doomed to a life of obscurity or disaster. This quote talks to the difficulties that women poets deal with in a male-dominated literary world, and the need for greater recognition and support for ladies poets.

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USA Flag This quote is written / told by Marilyn Hacker somewhere between November 27, 1942 and today. She was a famous Poet from USA. The author also have 30 other quotes.

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