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YOU FIT INTO ME

Published on Nov 25, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

YOU FIT INTO ME

By: Margaret Atwood
Photo by Phil Manker

Biography

  • Born in 1939 (start of WW1) 
  • Traveled a lot in Canada with her father 
  • Works of fiction, poetry and criticism 
  • "I began to describe the world around me"
  • Awarded 5 times for the Booker prize
Graduated in University of Toronto and published her 1st book of poetry

you fit into me
like a hook into an eye
a fish hook
an open eye

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you fit into me

The word "fit" associates with size

No matter how big or small, it has to fit
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like a hook into an eye

A hook in an eye violent is a violent image, used to exemplify a painful act

Possibly trying to say that love hurts

This is how the poet feels about the word ‘you’

A bad experience =
someone - "you"

a fish hook

The title suggests that it's a romantic poem

A fish hook is made precisely to go through the eye of the fish

But as usually known, a fish takes the hook from its mouth
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an open eye

Hook and eye are simple symbols used to describe the relationship in this poem

A love experience through a hook and an eye

The poem evolves around a person who was in love with someone, but the love was painful

An open eye - illustrates an incident that can only lead to suffering

Since you're watching, living and going through the bad experience
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Overall Analysis

  • Poem is short and impactful
  • Easy for readers to memorize it  
  • First delivers the perception of being romantic
  • It actually is a poem of disappointment & pain
  • Love is not only about happiness but pain also