I Was My Own Route (Summary) Grade 12
I Was My Own Route Summary (Grade 12) Julia de Burgos Summary of the Poem This poem "I Was My Own Route" has been composed by the feminist poet Julia de Burgos . In this poem, she depicts how the women are burdened with the patriarchal ideologies from the past. Therefore, de Burgos urges the women to detach themselves from the past so as to locate their identity within. In the beginning stanza of the poem, the poet has expressed her desire to be like men because during her childhood she has found men has a ruler and owner of the family. Later, when she grew up she realised that all the systems that had been created by men were explotative and were good enough only for the men. Hence, she decided not to follow the path, which had been created by the men, rather determined to create her own way and follow it for the betterment of her life. As the title...