This acknowledgement hints at the admiration that Olds holds towards her husband and portrays him as if he were of a higher station. Olds’ specifically associates her husband with nobility throughout the poem using metaphors such as “you are descended from lords.” Nobility and those of great power have been stereotyped as being of a higher standard or even attributed with snobbery throughout history. These stereotypes portray him as a dominating male figure, and this point is brought home when she writes “Calmly, with no hint of shyness you examined me” as if to say that he is looking down upon her as lord would a
This acknowledgement hints at the admiration that Olds holds towards her husband and portrays him as if he were of a higher station. Olds’ specifically associates her husband with nobility throughout the poem using metaphors such as “you are descended from lords.” Nobility and those of great power have been stereotyped as being of a higher standard or even attributed with snobbery throughout history. These stereotypes portray him as a dominating male figure, and this point is brought home when she writes “Calmly, with no hint of shyness you examined me” as if to say that he is looking down upon her as lord would a