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Margaret Atwood's Cheeky Poem You Fit Into Me

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Margaret Atwood’s cheeky poem, You Fit into Me is very short, but it uses symbolism, imagery, and tone change in a creative and startling way. The poem models the way love can suddenly change and from a different perspective mean something entirely different. I am fascinated by how poem of this length can convey so much meaning.
The author uses the symbol of a hook and eye to depict how lovers can appear to be made for each other, and fit snugly into one another’s lives. The contrasting symbol of the abrasive and painful experience of having a fish hook lodged in one’s eye socket depicts the abrasiveness and painfulness of lovers that no longer are in love. In the second stanza the poem changes to a harsh and sensible tone, whereas the first

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