▁a ▁second ▁way ▁to ▁apply ▁the ▁ins ights ▁of ▁femin ist ▁theory ▁to ▁the ▁recovery ▁of ▁women ▁writers . ▁They ▁argue ▁that ▁Bar ba uld ▁and ▁other ▁Rom antic ▁women ▁po ets ▁car ved ▁out ▁a ▁distinct ive ▁femin ine ▁voice ▁in ▁the ▁literary ▁sphere . ▁As ▁a ▁woman ▁and ▁a ▁diss enter , ▁Bar ba uld ▁had ▁a ▁unique ▁perspective ▁on ▁society , ▁according ▁to ▁Ross , ▁and ▁it ▁was ▁this ▁specific ▁position ▁that ▁obliged ▁her ▁to ▁publish ▁social ▁comment ary . ▁Ross ▁points ▁out , ▁however , ▁that ▁women ▁were ▁in ▁a ▁double ▁bind : ▁" They ▁could ▁choose ▁to ▁speak ▁politics ▁in ▁non polit ical ▁modes , ▁and ▁thus ▁risk ▁greatly ▁dimin ishing ▁the ▁clar ity ▁and ▁pointed ness ▁of ▁their ▁political ▁passion , ▁or ▁they ▁could ▁choose ▁literary ▁modes ▁that ▁were ▁over t ly ▁political ▁while ▁trying ▁to ▁inf use ▁them ▁with ▁a ▁recogn izable ▁' f em in ine ' ▁decor um , ▁again ▁risk ing ▁a ▁soft ening ▁of ▁their ▁political ▁ag enda ." ▁So ▁Bar ba uld ▁and ▁other ▁Rom antic ▁women ▁po ets ▁often ▁wrote ▁" oc cas ional ▁po ems ". ▁These ▁had ▁tradition ally ▁commented , ▁often ▁sat ir ically , ▁on ▁national ▁events , ▁but ▁by ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 8 th ▁century ▁were ▁increasing ly ▁serious ▁and ▁personal . ▁Women ▁wrote ▁sentiment al ▁po ems , ▁a ▁style ▁then ▁much ▁in ▁v og ue , ▁on ▁personal ▁occasions ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁birth ▁of ▁a ▁child ▁and ▁argued ▁that ▁in