The Frying Pan :: essays research papers

The metaphors that Conrad Hilberry stated in his poem The Frying Pan,expressed some of the feelings that some women take place throughout their life.In this poem I believe that Hilberry related this poem to a female that was in arelationship with a very authoritative guy.In the first stanza it says I am another long-necked girl with the sameface., a girl that has the same face makes me think of a girl that has noexpressions, and hardly ever shows emotion, and this could be because she wascontrolled by her boyfriend or husband. Throughout the first stanza it states I am emptiness reflected in a lookingglass, a head kept by a collar and leash, the first thing that comes to my mindwhen I read that is that there is a girl that feels rescind inside, and that she is kept ona leash by her significant other. Some examples of this could be that her significantother could have beaten her, or verbally maltreated her by telling her that should couldnot do certain things, and that can relate to existence on a leash. Also in the first stanzait says a beat belly with something knocking to irritate in, this could refer to herboyfriend or husband. From saying a round belly this might mean that he is all overweight, and saying that something is knocking to get in could mean that all hewants to do is to have sexual intercourse with her, as in the something knockingrefers to his penis, and to get in could refer to her vagina.In the Second Stanza when it says to cross the handle and she wouldbecome Venus could refer to breaking up with her significant other and having theconfidence of being attractive because Venus is the goddess of love.