Line 1 and 2 – tell us how it is rare to find these women rejoicing/singing. Braceleted symbolises the shackles put on these women as they are always watched over by men and deprived the freedom to go and do as they please.

Intertextuality- refers to the Greek legend/myth, Helen of Troy, it is about Zeus daughter who is the cause of the Trojan war indirectly.

Sexual context. 
Animals used to rape by Greek gods.

These two lines (11-12) are effective in a way that appeal to the reader’s senses by enabling them to stay focused on the message the poet is sending out.
 
13 He, one rib short: she lived to rue it
 14 when Adam said to God, "She made me do it."

Intertextuality. The line enforces how men would never be able to live without women and they are also not willing to protect them but would rather let them take the fall. 

 

17 An educated woman is a danger.
18 Lock up your mate! Keep a submissive stranger

Iconoclasm- These 4 lines show how men are threatened by well-educated women, it emphasises how men would rather live with a stranger as long she is obedient. It is really outrageous that there is a belief that women who are educated pose a threat to society. Women should not feel guilty when they are more intelligent.

 

Helen of Troy’s story is around 2 700 years old.

Goddess Europa’s story is about 2 600 years old.

Eve’s story is about 2 900 years old.

Joan and Darby’s story is about 300 years old.

Joan of Arc’s story is about 600 years old.

There is no consistency in these women’s timelines, and thus their stories are fragmented. 

It can be furthur argued that the poet sees herself in these historical women based on one observation; they are derived from the same physical characteristics. The poet as an American woman does not refer to mythological women from African, Indian nor Asian descent.