1. I think the author is a woman. This is significant because the poem shows concern and the author perspective on being inferior to men in society. This influence how we understand the poem because we are able to relate and put ourselves in the author's shoes.
2. Yes, I believe these are apt metaphors when its comes to the power play between women and men because men in society are the ( Sovereigns) and the women are the slaves because the men hold more power, (especially during this time period) when it came to decision making, voting on laws, and family concerns.
5. The author most likely means that love...paints a Phoenix, which means a new life or future is ahead, which a woman can see through her eyes before it actually happens. The figurative significance of this line is the woman, like a phoenix, will die but her spirit will emerge from the ashes and the pain she has endured over time and start a new life; one better than before.
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