Stereotypical Gender based poems

I agree that in both poems there are many signs that the speaker is stereotypically gender based. In the first poem, the author is a male and speaks speaks in a very masculine manner. He adds lines such as "...you hear the grating roar" and "Swept with confused alarms and struggle and flight, Where ignorant armies clash by night". Though both of those thoughts could very well have been spoken by a female, they give off a very masculine feel and thus validating the idea of the poem being stereotypically male. In the second poem, the author is a female and is expressing many different emotions about her husband. Obviously a poem about a male partner is stereotypically female in itself, but she also says things that no man would say in a poem. Lines such as "Weeping into a pot of burnt rice", and the lines in which she talks of her husbands back such as "... is firm and compact like a young man's back" and "the back i love, animal and gamine, leaning on one arm". I'm not saying there aren't some guys out there that find their womans back beautiful, but i know in my case this is a thing that only would women would do. But then again, this is just my own opinion.

1st Essay Topic

My first essay is going to be about the song "When Daddy Let Me Drive" By Alan Jackson. I have been raised by a family that revolves around fishing, hunting and the outdoors, so it was inevitable that i would end up becoming obsessed with country music. "When Daddy Let Me Drive" is filled with imagery, similes and strong feelings. It is a prime example of a poetic song.