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    The document analyzes the poem "Siren Song" by Margaret Atwood. It summarizes that the poem is about a siren who sings to lure sailors to their death, though at first her tone seems helpless. Over the course of the poem, the point of view shifts from third person to first/second person, and the final line reveals that the siren's song was intentionally luring and not a real plea for help. The document analyzes various literary elements of the poem like structure, imagery, symbolism, and tone.

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    The document analyzes the poem "Siren Song" by Margaret Atwood. It summarizes that the poem is about a siren who sings to lure sailors to their death, though at first her tone seems helpless. Over the course of the poem, the point of view shifts from third person to first/second person, and the final line reveals that the siren's song was intentionally luring and not a real plea for help. The document analyzes various literary elements of the poem like structure, imagery, symbolism, and tone.

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    The document analyzes the poem "Siren Song" by Margaret Atwood. It summarizes that the poem is about a siren who sings to lure sailors to their death, though at first her tone seems helpless. Over the course of the poem, the point of view shifts from third person to first/second person, and the final line reveals that the siren's song was intentionally luring and not a real plea for help. The document analyzes various literary elements of the poem like structure, imagery, symbolism, and tone.

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    The document analyzes the poem "Siren Song" by Margaret Atwood. It summarizes that the poem is about a siren who sings to lure sailors to their death, though at first her tone seems helpless. Over the course of the poem, the point of view shifts from third person to first/second person, and the final line reveals that the siren's song was intentionally luring and not a real plea for help. The document analyzes various literary elements of the poem like structure, imagery, symbolism, and tone.

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    Siren Song Poem Analysis

    Title

    Siren Song

    Author

    Margaret Atwood

    Number of Lines

    27

    Title (Literal)

    Siren Song

    Speaker (Point of View, Audience, Occasion)

    3rd person for the first 3 stanzas. 1st and 2nd


    person for the rest of the poem. The speaker
    is a Siren who is trying to lure us in.

    Figurative Language

    Will you get me out of this bird suit?

    Attitude (Tone)

    The speaker of the poem has a very helpless


    tone. She uses this tone to convey a meaning
    of peril and danger. In the last stanza, the
    tone shifts and she reveals that she is luring
    us in. The ...at last. Alas shows the shift
    of tone.

    Shifts (From __ to __ )

    After the 3rd stanza, it switches from 3rd


    person to 1st and 2nd person. The end of the
    poem is a huge shift in tone. It switches from
    her singing her song to us realizing the the
    siren has lured us in.

    Title (figurative)

    Siren = mythological creature. It is also an


    alarm.
    Song = something meant to entertain us and
    we are supposed to enjoy them.
    Siren Song = A woman's plea
    Siren Song = An alarm/warning song

    Anomalies

    I don't enjoy singing this trio, fatal and


    valuable.
    - She almost reveals that she is singing
    the Siren Song, and it is not an actual
    cry for help.

    Structure or Form

    Free Verse Poem of 9 tercets (stanza with


    three lines)

    Irony

    The last line of the poem reveals that the


    siren was just luring us in the entire time. She
    never needed help, she was simply trying to
    get the men to come close.

    Diction or Detail

    They leap overboard in squadrons even


    though they see the beached skulls
    Picturesque and mythical

    Repetition

    The song
    Secret
    To you and only you

    Syntax

    The first sentence is three stanzas long. The


    next thing is a question, which is the only
    question in the song. Then there is a two
    stanza sentence. In the last three stanzas,
    the phrases and sentences get shorter. There
    is an exclamation point in the eighth stanza.

    Symbolism

    The song is the sirens power. She uses this


    power because it is her only strength. The
    bird suit is a symbol for the costume that
    women are supposed to wear. It represents
    the way that women have to appear.

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