Comment on Differences of Opinion by Wendy Cope
wpb@lemmy.world 1 week agoI think having the final word be “flat” makes it so much better. It opens up the poem to a much wider set of interpretations. There’s yours, but you can also derive this statement about male dominance in hetero relationships, for example.
grrgyle@slrpnk.net 1 week ago
Oh yeah totally, the poem is already so gendered.
The “he” and “she” lend themselves to commenting on cishet dynamics, patriarchy; related incumbent power structures in the way “he” in the poem dismisses “her” arguments and tone and just waits her out.
It reminds me so much of the toxic relationships I know of where the woman’s perspective is viewed as emotional, radical, and so not privileged with serious consideration.