Poem Analysis Of Onion Woman By Ted Kooser

This poem is the “Onion Woman.” It is about a woman that shares many characteristics with an onion. The author of this poem is Ted Kooser. The topic is the onion woman. The main idea is expressing similar characteristics between the woman and a onion. It shows this by saying she is “like an onion.” The mood is gloomy and gray. The poem is gloomy because it is