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Comment 17 of 17, added on October 23rd, 2009 at 2:21 AM.
I have found that when someone enters your life very quickly it can be surprising, painful and hard to adjust. When this person is removed from your life you have a one sided and scared view of love and the world. I must convay pitty for thous of whome have felt such moments.
Morgan from United States
Comment 16 of 17, added on June 3rd, 2009 at 4:25 PM.
We talked about this peom today in class.
The exact meaning is
You fit into me = you belong to me / we go well together
Like a hook into an eye = this is referring to the hook of a piece of clothing which goed trough an iron eye, you knowe these hooks that are somethimes used in womens clothing, meaning they fir perfectly together and are made for each other.
A fishook = well it just means a fishhook
An open eye = this time it really is referring to a human eye, and this doesn't really give a nice effect to the poem the hook in the eye, and this is done on purpose to abruptly change the tone. The whole meaning of the poem is that not everything is as you expect it to be and love can really hurt even though it feels perfect, and also that love isn't always what you expect.
Isaa from Bosnia and Herzegovina
Comment 15 of 17, added on May 24th, 2009 at 3:37 PM.
It might be humorous- it depend's on wheter you identify de speaker as the eye or the hook. However, the theory supporting that the eye makes sense and pairs with its allophone "i", would transform this into a very depreesing one. The turn it uses, starting as a love poem and suddenly develkoping itself as... this, is so amazing.
Maes from Belgium
Comment 14 of 17, added on May 4th, 2009 at 3:24 PM.
Its not really a poem is it. Just generic feminist anti-men anti-hetrosexual sex crap.
Jeffy from Azerbaijan
Comment 13 of 17, added on December 9th, 2008 at 8:34 AM.
bueno como todos los q han comentado acerca de este poema, yo tambien lo hare. primero q nada quiero expresar mis sentimientos hacerca de la literatura en general "a quien le importa lo que estos bas*ardos teian en mente com'on its ridiculous" pero ya que en la universidad esta clase es un requisito pues bueno no queda de otra mas q de resignarse jajaja el poema me gusta porque es corto pero como no soy buena para interpretar absurdos sentimientos al principio no coji la onda, hasta que vine a esta pajina....o well good luck to those ppl than r taking literature n boo to those who love it cuz i indeed hate it!
marcel from Dominican Republic
Comment 12 of 17, added on April 8th, 2006 at 5:38 PM.
Margaret Atwood is a feminist poet, and many of her themes are about the brutalization, abuse, and oppresion of women. To think that she would write this poem as a "joke" of some sort is ridiculous. The first part is a sewing metaphor as relating to a sexual and emotional relationship; it seems perfect on the surface, a symbol of love and connection. Then she reveals the truth, which is that of an open, innocent eye (her) brutalized by something inhumane and incredibly painful. Behind a seemingly perfect ideal, there is the repulsive reality that her imagery describes. Although the poem is somewhat sarcastic, and directed as a biting remark to whoever inflicted such damage, it is not a joke. It is a clear commentary on the ignored or unseen abuse and oppression of women.
Laura Jeanette from United States
Comment 11 of 17, added on December 5th, 2005 at 9:32 AM.
Almost everyone who has posted a comment, has said that it must be a joke, or that it made them laugh, why can't they see that it's about a deep emotional, mental and physical relationship that's been torn apart. Someone was let into her life and she thought they were perfect, but with a break-up that wasn't mututal occuring, "An open eye" could also mean "An open 'I'". She was hurt, and it's not humurous
Anonymous
Comment 10 of 17, added on September 23rd, 2005 at 4:08 PM.
To Jerry from the United States:
Yesterday after I first read this poem, I called up one of my friends to read it to him, because I thought it was hilarious as well. However, he did not. Oh well.
Ivory from Canada
Comment 9 of 17, added on September 23rd, 2005 at 11:34 AM.
Hmmm. Am I the only one that finds this poem humorous? It certainly made me laugh out loud,
something not that easy to do. The first two lines of the poem sounds like a the start of a sweet
song of adoration, only to find the reality of the hook and eye the poet has in mind. The gruesome
thought of a fish hook stuck in your eye makes one squirm with such revulsion -- the contrast is
so unexpected, so extreme, it's got to be a joke?
Jerry from United States
Comment 8 of 17, added on September 17th, 2005 at 10:05 PM.
I think this poem is more emotional than sexual. The fish hook is symbolic because a fish hook often has a nice worm on the end luring the unsuspecting fish in. The loss of the eye represents how her view of this person who hurt her has now changed. It is a relationship gone bad.
abby from United States
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I have found that when someone enters your life very quickly it can be surprising, painful and hard to adjust. When this person is removed from your life you have a one sided and scared view of love and the world. I must convay pitty for thous of whome have felt such moments.
Morgan from United States