Response to "Sources"

In her set of poems Rich's seems to be trying to come to terms with who she is and where she came from. The first poem seems to be about her childhood home and memoirs of things that are there. Her secound poem seems to her battling herself about becoming what she wants to be. The third poem is a battle over where she is from and who she is. The fourth poem seems to be giving a reason for a common thread in all her poems. The fifth poem is her struggle with being a Jew, but not having to suffer as other Jews have. The sixth poem is about her roots. The seventh poem is about her relationship with her father and her stuggle to be who she is. The next peom is about history and how it defines us. The next is about womens power to make a change. The last one is about her struggle to write to those that have passed on. It is about her struggle to write freely and openly to those she loves.