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Her status as a woman does giver her the ability to instill within these women a certain dignity, and a material importance that even the poet's own poetry may lack, in her view.
However, "Clifton Hall" views women in the context of nature not from the outside, but from the insider's perspective. Ann Yearsley came form the working class herself, as is evident from her poem, and sees women's lot as chosen, rather than something imposed upon her by outside authority. She is of nature, as well as observer of it, and rather than merely performing mundane chores, in her rustic environment she has control over her fate, in her native environment. She does not see the labor of women as noble, and unchosen, but as something one may actively resist. She sees the world of Clifton Hill and sees herself as a part of the daily grind of its existence, in all of its rue and joy. The style of the author, in contrast to barbauld, does not contain many highfalutin references to muses.
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She does not merely write about her life in nature, but writes upon the subject of nature as well. As she grew up in Clifton Hill, she is a part of it, rather than a viewer of what transpires, she also has the power to leave its area, rather than is merely subject to the grind of a life of toil. Although she does not see her existence as completely chosen, she can relate her comings and goings to the memory of a childhood home, rather than merely be bound to drudgery like the protagonists of "Washing Day," who have no choice other than to live upon the green hills of England, marry, and consign themselves to washing and other domestic tasks until the end of their earthly days.
Works Cited
Anna Laetitia Barbauld "Washing Day." 12 Dec 2004. http://www.usask.ca/english/barbauld/works/washing_day.html
Yearsley, Ann. "Clifton Hill." 1785.
Works Cited
Anna Laetitia Barbauld "Washing Day." 12 Dec 2004. http://www.usask.ca/english/barbauld/works/washing_day.html
Yearsley, Ann. "Clifton Hill." 1785.
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