PT121.S3.P2.Q11

PrepTest 121 - Section 3 - Passage 2 - Question 11

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The poet Louise Glück has said that she feels comfortable writing within a tradition often characterized as belonging only to male poets. ███

Intro topic · Poet Louise Glück and gender dynamics in poetry
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Glück's perspective · Appreciates work of prominent male poets, takes inclusive view of her place within English poetry
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Contrast perspectives · Glück and other female poets
Other female poets view poetic tradition defined by male poets as excluding women; Glück disagrees, takes a positive view of poetic tradition
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Reason for Glück's perspective · Sees poetry as dealing with universal themes that cross gender divides
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Illustrate Glück's perspective · Example of death: it affects everyone
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Critics' perspective · Poetry's themes aren't as universal as Glück says
Gender-related biases exist regardless of subject matter; the work female poets is always affected by poetry's male-dominated history
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Expand on critics' perspective · Female poets should replace traditional, male-developed poetic forms with new female-developed forms
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Glück's response to critics · Female-oriented poetry is counterproductive
It continues to put gender-based limits on poetry; also, gender-related perspectives come through more authentically when gender isn't the focus of the poetry
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Expand on Glück's response · Literature is always evolving
Implication: using traditional, male-developed poetic forms doesn't mean such poetry will always reflect male biases
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She objects to ███ ███ ██ ███████████ ██████ █████ ██ ████████ ███ ███████ ██ ███ ██████ ██████████

We’re not told that Gluckj objects to using traditional poetic forms. In fact, she views herself as part of the tradition of English poetry and never indicates that she doesn’t want to use traditional poetic aspects.

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b

She recognizes that ███ ████ ██ ███ █████████ ██ ██████ ██ █████████████

Actually, Gluck recognizes universal themes in poetry and writes about them (see P2).

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c

She claims to ██████ ████ ████ █████ ██ ███ ████████ ███████

“Only” is not supported. Although Gluck accepts the male-dominated canon, this doesn’t imply that she claims to accept “only” male poets as part of literary tradition.

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d

She claims to █████ ████ █ ██████████████ ████████████

Gluck does not claim to write from a gender-neutral perspective. She acknowledges that it’s possible she has a female perspective — if this is the case, this perspective will emerge naturally without the poet consciously intending to reveal this perspective.

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She claims to ████ ██████ ███ █████ ██████ ███ ████████ ██ ██████ █████ ██ ███ ██████

Stated in P2.

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