Following the Second World War, the art of literature has been one of the most important environments for the expression of the human nature and human thought. It stood out as a framework for personal analysis and contemplation despite the fact that there were numerous political elements which in the end censured inevitably the human mind. Nonetheless, it was probably this particular aspect which allowed poets and writers to feel free to express their feeling on the world around them and on the situations they faced, either in their own society or in the world outside them. Adrienne Rich can be considered in this sense one of the significant figures of the American literature who managed to create the sense of change not necessarily as a revolution, but rather more as an evolution which manifested as her writing style and her ideas matured. By comparison, Rita Dove paints a different type of story, yet with certain connection points which to a certain extent can label her as representing change, a change of perspective and a change of tone.
             Change in poetry is a rather difficult term to describe or define. In this sense, it has been considered that a broader sense of the notion implies that "a work of art can be called revolutionary if, by virtue of the esthetic transformation, it represents the exemplary fate of individuals, the prevailing unfreedom and the rebellious forces, thus breaking through the mystified (and petrified) social reality, and opening the horizon of change (liberation)" (The Esthetic Dimension, x-xi). Indeed, one needs to break through from the traditional perceptions of the society in order to make a change, to make a statement in the purest sense of the word. Literature, but also art in general has this capacity of being labeled as representing change because it implies the honest, free, and unlimited possibilities of its authors to express themselves. This general statement can however be applied on...