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What does the phrase “scorching defeat” refer to? What does the poet mean by the words “grafted on to the earth?”
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"Scorching defeat" refers to submission of women's ambitions and dreams to the demands and violence of patriarchy.
"Grafted on to the earth" is a reference to identities of women lost to patriarchal violence.
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