Mushrooms Themes
Women and Femininity
The most popular interpretation of "Mushrooms" is that the poem uses these fungi to represent the struggles of women in a male-dominated society. They're overshadowed, unnoticed, and underappreciat...
Passivity
The mushrooms of… "Mushrooms" are often described as being total pushovers, who just don't assert themselves. For those that say the mushrooms represent women, this could be seen as a criticism o...
Perseverance
The speaker of "Mushrooms" definitely seems to criticize her kind for being passive, but she also gives her kind credit for really sticking with it. The mushrooms and the women they most likely rep...
Freedom and Confinement
Throughout "Mushrooms," the mushrooms are struggling in their own way to be free. The most popular interpretation is that these mushrooms represent the struggles of women to gain respect and rights...