In my opinion, Adrienne Rich in this poem reminds the old days and expresses some pressure from tough life, especially poverty. Adrienne Rich repeats some words several times, such as “hurt to burn”, “poverty” and “be in danger”. Besides these repeated words, the title, the Burning of Paper Instead of Children, also indicates the theme of the poem. Children do not know much of the toughness in life. They are living an easy life. However, those elder people, as papers and books in the poem, are all tired from the stressful life. When those elder people come across some events, that someone “lights the fire”, they are easy to be in danger: they hurt to burn.
In life people will stand much pressure, pressure that come from study, work, as well as poverty as Adrienne Rich mentions. All the pressure, in one hand, drives people to work hard and then awards them with satisfaction. On the other hand, over-pressure may lead to unhealthy psychological conditions. Facing over-pressure, some people may get well adjusted by some ways of FAXIE. However, if they do not adjust properly, they may go to hell, like the burning books and papers.
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