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Why do you think Aunt Jennifer’s hands are ‘fluttering through her wool’ in the second stanza? Why is she finding the needle so hard to pull?

Aunt Jennifer’s hands are ‘fluttering through her wool’ because She is fearful of her husband. She has so been burdened by her marriage that She can’t move her hands for the skills she has. She is dominated by her husband.


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Of what or of whom is Aunt Jennifer terrified with in the third stanza?