Oray’s Publications Impact Factor: 4.845(SJIF) Research Journal Of English (RJOE)Vol-5, Issue-3, 2020 www.rjoe.org.inAn International Peer-Reviewed English Journal ISSN: 2456-2696 Indexed in: International Citation Indexing (ICI), International Scientific Indexing (ISI), Directory of Research Journal Indexing (DRJI) Google Scholar &Cosmos. ______________________________________________________________________________ Research Journal Of English (RJOE) Copyright Oray’s Publication Page 327 A transformation in the feministic poetry of the past and the present: A comparative study of the poems of Anna Laetitia Barbauld and Warsan Shire- The Rights of Women and For Women Who Are Difficult to Love ____________________________________________________________ Divya Hariharan Lecturer of English, Department of English Studies, Bayan College, Sultanate of Oman ___________________________________________________________________________ Abstract This paper explores the remarkable metamorphosis in the representation of feminism in the poems of Anna Laetitia Barbauld and Warsan Shire. The present paper is a detail study discussing the differences and the common central features present in the poems, The Rights of women written during the earlier Romantic and French revolution period and For Women who are difficult to love written during the contemporary period. This is an effort to discuss in detail the ideas and thoughts of the feministic poets during the earlier and the present period through the works of Anna Laetitia Barbauld and Warsan Shire. Furthermore, this paper is an attempt to reveal how the traditions and societal norms have created an impact in the writings of women. Both the poems mark the words of inspiration given by the poets to the oppressed women of society during their period of writing. The modern world representation of writing has drastically changed in the way of imaginations, realities and concepts that the writers held in the age old period of ancestors. This paper is mainly concerned with the difference present in feministic approaches of writing during the past and the present period of literary writings written by women. Keywords: feminism, patriarchal society, transformation, Anna Laetitia Barbauld, Warsan Shire. Introduction “Feminism is a way of looking at the world, which women occupy from the perspective of women. It has as its central focus the concept of patriarchy, which can be described as a system of male authority, which oppresses women through its social, political and economic institutions.” (Osborne, S. 2001) Even though the term feminism was introduced into the fields of literature during the late nineteenth century, several contributions were made by the women writers even into the earliest written works of literature. Many women writers of classical period have intonated rays of hope to the oppressed sections of the society. Though the centuries have changed and