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The wedding band is pretty much the opposite of Aunt J's tigers. The tigers are prancing and free, while the wedding band is heavy and holds Aunt J back from the life she'd like to lead. There's a push-and-pull effect in this poem between the freedom of the tigers and the limitations of the wedding band. And, of course, the wedding band itself isn't what's holding Aunt Jennifer back from life. The wedding band represents Aunt J's unhappy marriage, and, on a larger scale, the patriarchal (male-dominated) society that she lives in.