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Comment 17 of 17, added on November 11th, 2009 at 7:49 AM.
Atwood is a troubled woman.This poem speaks to the supression of women through the media of men and the society
Donnette from Jamaica
Comment 16 of 17, added on December 11th, 2006 at 4:08 AM.
Romantic poets consider "Nature" as mother which has cordiality and tenderness towards mankind as her chid. But Atwood has here brougth the violent side of the nature towards man. It is that man as superior being in this world loses his identity in climatic condition and landscape given by nature. Thus she brings nature as not mother, but extremeness of nature towards man.
Sebastian Romi from India
Comment 15 of 17, added on June 23rd, 2006 at 10:42 PM.
I really cant understand what she was trying to say to tell ,, do you have an idea what she wanna say ?????
i am so confused about this poem
luis from Brazil
Comment 14 of 17, added on June 19th, 2006 at 6:59 PM.
All of what people have said regarding this poem is true, whatever someone makes of a poem is what they see, and what they believe the poet may be trying to get across to them. The branch may be a connection to her family, the house being society, the slope that ought to be easy is a challenge, the lake is the origin of her life, the water that distorts the light and the light itself could possibly be something sacred? Atwood couldn't beat the challenge (Slope) to make it into society (house). she sees her family (tree) being eaten by it's anus and realizes that the vaginal discharge in between her hairy, disgustingly revolting legs have now been forever forgotten. she is now aware that if the men do not stick their penises into the vagina that it cannot be as she is trying to set it out to be. thank you, and i like jacking off to hot chicks on webcams.
James Kews from Spain
Comment 13 of 17, added on May 30th, 2006 at 10:45 PM.
Just because the poet is a female does not mean that it is in her voice. you should never asume (when reading poetry) that the author/poet is talking about themselves and their own struggles or anything of that nature because it isnt a known fact. if margaret atwood was a women rights leader...it doesnt mean she is writing about it.
Lisa from Canada
Comment 12 of 17, added on April 29th, 2006 at 3:11 AM.
...and I am the one who took the picture when i saw the body under the surface
eagle
Comment 11 of 17, added on April 2nd, 2006 at 3:04 AM.
When i first read this poem, what struck me were the images - like the surface of the photograph - all blurred.
She has drowned in the lake so nothing is clear - her face, the surroundings. It struck me as something about the merging of identities, being immersed in activities that kind of drown you.
Also the bluriness reminded me of those holographic papers, where you stare at something long enough and then you see a picture.
Fatema from United Arab Emirates
Comment 10 of 17, added on March 14th, 2006 at 1:46 PM.
This poem was actually written in 1966 not 1998, when Atwood was 26. Also, it was the first poem in her first book of poetry. This poem should be viewed as a suggestion to the reader from Atwood, telling us that things, including this poem, should not be taken just at face value and no matter what one is examining, be in gender struggles or works of literature, there are always going to be different interpretations. Her reference to her death could also be viewed as a rebirth. Possibly at the age of 26 she realized herself what she is trying to tell the reader now, that things are not as they seem, and in order to understand them one must put aside all cultural differences and look at things bellow the surface free of bias.
Victoria
Comment 9 of 17, added on December 7th, 2005 at 6:46 AM.
We don't think This is a Photograph of Me is based purely on the discrimination of women by a society dominated by males. Instead, Margaret Atwood concentrates more on the unreliability of memory and on the incongruence between the speaker (who may or may not be female) and the reader. Indeed, a reader's interpretation is gender-based, yet the poem does not only deal with the oppression of women by a society controlled by men.
Philip, Roland, Johans, Manan, Dirk, Stephan, Matteo from Germany
Comment 8 of 17, added on December 1st, 2005 at 7:42 PM.
This poem is didactic in the sense that it challenges the reader to take time in life to examine and consider things properly otherwise you will have a very surface valued impression of life, an impression very much like the first stanza of the poem. Taking this interpretation immediately we are challened to read this poem properly with depth and analysis rather than to take it at surface value.
Maggie from Fiji
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Atwood is a troubled woman.This poem speaks to the supression of women through the media of men and the society
Donnette from Jamaica