Aunt Jennifer's Tigers

The main characters are Aunt Jennifer, the Tigers, the narrator and the Uncle.
There is not a lot of detail in the story. It is the message that is important. What you know is that Aunt Jennifer is making a Tiger portrait on some fabric and the narrator is reflecting on the scene.
The only thing specifically outlined is that Jennifer is sewing a scape of Tigers onto a piece. The rest of the story is exposed just enough for the reader to know what is happening. I imagine that Jennifer has had a tough time in an abusive relationship and that there is no hope for her now.
I think this is a great poem. It has nice rhyme, so many of the recent poems we have read don't rhyme. I think it is a well developed message. Jennifer is concerned with tigers because they are free. She sews them and is lost in their world where they are more powerful than men and don't fear aggression. She dreams of being like the tigers and after her death, the dream will be as useless as it is in her life. It is just a dream and provides no protection from Uncle.
I think this poem is sad. Jennifer has a tough life and sewing is no solution. Most people will feel the same way after reading this poem. I think a feeling of hope comes from the tigers.
It is tough for me to plant myself in any of these roles. I am never going to be in an abusive relationship, it is not in my nature to abuse someone else, far from it. If I was as the narrator is, seeing it happen, I might not do anything. I don't know if there is anything that can be done. I think some people are imprinted at a young age with that want to be abusive, just as others are being raised to accept abuse. When the two find each other, it is like a key finding a lock; the union is too perfect to ever be interrupted.