FANTHORPE- WOMEN IRONING & NOT MY BEST SIDE

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                     FANTHORPE POEMS

UA fanthorpe have moved her pen and has changed words into melodious poems. She has written poems based on Christmas, paintings and many other themes. The two poems that stands out the most for me are not my best side and Woman Ironing because in both these poem Fanthorpe challenges the painters point of view and gives a different perspective on the events depicted. She always tried to bring out the women behind the canvas by giving her voice.

Not my best side and woman ironing share a similar idea where in both the paintings the characters tells the story. UA fanthorpe has changed the artists vision of the painting and has transformed it into the characters story. In the painting the woman say’s “The artist didn't give me a chance to pose properly”.Fanthorpe has brought the woman alive by criticizing the way the artist has depicted her. The criticism of the artist continues as she say’s “Poor chap he has obsession with triangles”. UA fanthorpe has analyzed this piece of art and is giving comments on it. The main mission of UA fanthorpe was to give the voice to the women in this piece of art and this links with other poems she have written such as woman ironing. In woman ironing it has a similar idea of giving the voice to a women In the late 19th century and early 20th century woman did not have the right to speak out or to express their opinion and was held back. It was considered that their main aim was housekeeping but this convention was challenged by the suffragists and the poems by UA fanthorpe is a tribute to them who spoke out the right time and who broke the convention of women does not have a voice.

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Woman ironing is inspired by paintings by Edgar Degas of woman ironing from the 1880s. Both the poems are depicted on paintings and they give different perspective. Woman ironing is  a peculiar piece of poem because UA fanthorpe used her poems to show her tribute to women and one of the great example is Mother scrubbing the floor but in this poem it is different. In woman ironing UA Fanthorpe neglected the feminism of women and gave traits of masculinity in it. In the poem it say’s “Show us that muscle power”. This is not conventionally linked with women. ...

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