Stylistic Characteristics in the Works of Contemporary Poetesses in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century

Female poets have managed to fulfill themselves through their creations and have left their unique expressive fingerprints on their art. They lived rich lives, at times impactful, full of excitement, conflict and ambition whilst at others comfortable, indulgent, lavish and boring.  They found a welcome relief in poetry to express their hidden aspirations and dreams and substantiate what could not be lived in reality. Female poets also used grammar to restructure sentences and express themselves by impregnating vocabulary with feelings to emphasize what they wanted to convey. They rearranged sentences and selected what to reveal and what to keep hidden so that the reader would either live with the text or complete it with their imagination. They expressed the perception of the mature woman towards the other sex through portraying men in a variety of ways that indicated a developed understanding and an intelligent personality. A third of their poetry represented the beginning of an intellectual journey in their social lives. Despite enjoying love, the female poets did not surrender themselves to illusions and refused to live in shadow or in a world defined by female docility and male sovereignty. The male figure was depicted in some poetry as a stable and warm figure yet this description transformed into waves of anger in response to grief or vanity felt by the writers. Similarities between poets existed, despite their distinctive individual flavours, which protected against imitation.  They expressed their suffering as well as their aspirations towards justice and equality; however their views could fluctuate over the years or even within days highlighting their lack of consistency.