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Siren Song
Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1974
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Introduction
“Siren Song”
- Originally Published: 1974
- Form/Meter: Free verse in 9 tercets
- Literary Devices: Humor; irony; allusion; imagery
- Central Concern: With irony, the speaker of the poem (a Siren) considers the power of the siren song.
Margaret Atwood, Poet
- Bio: Born in 1939; a native of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; graduate of Victoria College and Harvard University; writes poetry, novels, short fiction, essays, criticism, and nonfiction books; recipient of the Franz Kafka International Literary Award, the PEN Center USA Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Booker Prize, among other awards
- Other Works: The Handmaid’s Tale (1985); The Blind Assassin (2002); Oryx and Crake (2008); “Time Capsule Found on the Dead Planet” (2009)
THEMES
- The Influence of Ego on the Perception of Helplessness
- Woman as Weapon
- Art and the Island
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