“The Exchange” by Alicia Ostriker

“The Exchange” by Alicia Ostriker depicts an unsettling story. What theme emerges in the poem and how do the poetic aspects of the poem enhance

the theme?

-Please use qoutes from the poem to use as evidence!
-No other sources needed besides poem.

POEM LOCATED:

http://www.persimmontree.org/v2/summer-2010/poems/

https://books.google.com/books?id=IfJ5tU0QXvEC&pg=PA80&lpg=PA80&dq=%22The+Exchange%22+by+Alicia+Ostriker

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