Perillo/Dangerous Life

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A 4 page explication of a poem "Dangerous Life" by Lucia Maria Perillo. While it does not appear to be so with a cursory, surface-skimming first-reading, closer examination of Lucia Maria Perillo's psychologically complex poem "Dangerous Life" is a poem of hope. Perillo presents a woman who is caught within the between the trap of societal expectations and her own inner direction. However, the ultimate meaning of the poem asserts the positive nature of the narrative voice and her determination to find her own path and make that path successful whatever it might be. No bibliography is offered.