Analysis --- Mujer

Mujer

A week a ago, I read a poem called Mujer. The poem "Mujer" by William Carlos Williams used black Persian cat as a metaphor to describe the unequal level between women and men. The title of this poem is the Spanish which means the women. In the poem, it writes about the cat. I think this poem is very interesting, so I memorized this poem and wanted to learn it more and more. The meaning of this poem is funny, but also, in the deep of the meaning, this poem is more mysterious. I think this author not only care about the equal between people and people, but also between people and animals.

In the poem the “black persian cat” is special, and it is the main points in the poem. Black Persian Cat is ominous. People will curse them unequally because they afraid they will give them unluck. Then, they “took you for rest”. I think they just kill this unlucky “black persian cat”; it just like “that old”. In my opinion, “Yankee farm” is the heaven. Even there are “so many field mice”, the cat still feel very lonely. In the end, “you return to us” because the retribution is coming. The “black persian cat” wanted someone come to stay with it. This poem has two stanza, and in the second stanza, there are only one sentence which repeats “Oh, black Persian cat.” In the first one, there is a exclamation mark in the end of this sentence. I think because in the beginning, the author wants to stand out the main character “black Persian cat”. Then, in the end, all the things become clam. Also, maybe in the beginning, the author want to explain the fear from people to the “black Persian cat”. However, in the end, the author pities the “black Persian cat”. Although it did not do anything, people cursed them unequally because they were afraid it. When I read this poem, I think it is very interesting and want to know more about it; a week later, I think I know some of the meaning in deeply.

By reading more and more time, I began to understand this poem. In the beginning, I said, “Mujer” is the Spanish which means “the women”. No one will write a title which is not connected with his poem. Therefore, the “black persian cat” is meaning the “women”. It is the metaphor in the poem. Also, “black persian cat” also mean the “woman”. The author want to talk about the curse of women in the ancient. As we know, in the ancient, people think women is lower than the man. Man can have education and work outside. The woman should stay in home and take care of the field. I think it is very unfair to the women because we both have the life from our parents, and we cannot choose our sex before we come to this world. That’s the reason to say, “Was not your life already cursed with offspring?” Because the women cannot choose their destiny, they are cursed when they was borned. “We took you for rest to that old.” It means they want woman listen to them, just stay in the home that is like “that old”. “Yankee farm” means they should work in the farm and cannot go outside. That’s why they feel “so lonely” no one stay with them; the only thing in the farm is “so many field mice”. If you are the women in in the farm by yourself and there are no one take care about you, what will you do? therefore , they “return to us”. I think this is the liberty of the women. By reading this poem deeply, I know find the author wants to talk about the unequal care about women and men. We can see the difference care for women before by this poem. I think that’s why the author write “Oh, Black Persian cat.” in the end again. He wants explain the social problem in the world. I think this is a good poem because no one can tell their voice at that time.

The whole poem is the metaphor which is talk about the “black persian cat”. The author both talk about the unfair of the women also about the black persian cat. I think that is really good because there are lots of unequal things in our life, between human and human and also between human and animal. I think the author wants tell people take care of everything equally. If you don’t do that, the retribution will come soon. When I knew the meaning about this poem, I began to think about my life. Should we separate the different level between the people? I think everyone should be the same.