Noticeably‚ the two simplistic looking verses‚ zero punctuation‚ lack of capital letters‚ and bracketed title invite closer inspection. The unusual length‚ and form are true to Post-Modernism’s desire to bring awareness to the prose. In that regard‚ Atwood calculatedly triggers the reader awareness of the poem’s odd form‚ but also provokes a closer look at what’s being said. The figurative language is split with a break between the stanzas‚ to distort the readers interpretation of the first two lines
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can even be applied to our nation’s present state. Margaret Atwood is Canadian‚ and expresses her anti-American sentiments through her poem‚ as she writes about the egocentric and greedy ways of humanity (though many right wing critics consider her to be too “left wing”). The poem focuses on our imperialistic ways‚ and although it was written in the 1970’s about the 1800’s‚ it is still applicable to current events today. Atwood begins the poem with “starspangled cowboy‚” where the word
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In the second stanza‚ the reader expects the empowerment to continue‚ but is taken aback by the harsh truths that ensue. From empowerment to angry‚ the tone change is apparent in the second stanza. Atwood states that at the same “moment” of delight mentioned before‚ “is the same moment the trees unloose their soft arms around you.” This can be interpreted in many ways‚ because trees support people in multiple means: wood provides houses and fire and lots of types of trees provide food. The imagery
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and explains it is what keeps the female gender weak throughout history. Atwood convinces the readers to abduct this old view of females and understand the importance of education. She does this through appalling sensual images‚ attitude shifts and connotations to the reader and describes a volcano eruption with clear sensory language‚ making this poem one of the most powerful poem in history. The shocking impression Atwood uses to portray the tormented women in history is given more strength by
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In The Handmaid’s Tale‚ Margret Atwood explores bathrooms as a safe space for women away from men. The Handmaid’s Tale follows Offred‚ who is the protagonist as well as a Handmaid in Gilead‚ a dystopian society where women are divided and valued only for their ability to fulfill certain roles. These include the ability to reproduce‚ as well as the ability to fulfill stereotypically feminine roles‚ such as doing housework or being a wife. In The Handmaid’s Tale‚ Atwood invents the bathroom as a safe
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This poem portrays Attwood’s attitude on inner journey to discover oneself. She presents a metaphorical journey to explain a journey into the mind. She examines human behaviour’s reasons‚ understanding one self’s mystery‚ lack of knowledge of individual about themselves. Attwood has composed a Metaphysical journey contrasting the similarities and differences. Her fascination with the bizarre fluidity of identity and its mystery is the focus of this poem. The first paragraph establishes the similarities
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Jennifer Angelucci April 23rd‚ 2007 SIREN SONG Margaret Atwood’s "Siren Song" is a lyric that consists of nine three-lined stanzas that neither possess any recognizable rhyme scheme nor rhythm. The speaker of this poem is a mythical creature‚ a Siren‚ who addresses us‚ the audience‚ when she speaks of the victims whom she lured through the enticing song she sings. The overall tone of this poem is sarcastic and quite sinister. The title itself immediately depicts the theme and speaker of the poem
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The America We Are Today Canadian author Margaret Atwood studied American literature at Radcliffe and Harvard in the 1960s. She decided to become a writer at an early age and is now the author of 13 novels‚ not to mention a few children’s stories and television scripts. In Atwood’s “A Letter to America”‚ she starts off by talking about the America she used to know. She lists numerous items that represent the American icon and the purpose for doing so was to get a glimpse of the America she knew
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This area of the book kind of reminds me of my own life. When my wife and I were pregnant with our child‚ my wife and I joined a childbearing course‚ mainly because this would be our first kid and we both wanted to be involved in this development. Atwood had a little different experience‚ she had a child before this one and she wanted to make sure that this child delivery would not be as bad as this first one. My wife had not
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may be seem strange‚ considering the great value that authors place on putting together original criticisms and interpretations. Many literary works of this kind also might draw from religious or biblical texts‚ and The Handmaids Tale by Margaret Atwood is a clear example of this. This novel has borrowed characteristic traits from the Bible in order to influence certain religious practices or behaviors‚ divide social groups or classes‚ and to control usage of language within society.
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