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Comment 9 of 19, added on September 21st, 2005 at 4:03 PM.
this poem is not descriptive. It does not flow nicely. Altogether, it is not impressive. It sounds like it was written by a 5 year old.
Kitty from Barbados
Comment 8 of 19, added on April 25th, 2005 at 11:46 PM.
I like this poem, and I did a presentation on it. I used this website to paste-and-copy the poem, and don't know who typed this poem on the internet, it has two very easy to see spelling errors on this poem. And I used this "ill" poem for my presentation, please fix errors before someone does something like what I have done.
student from Canada
Comment 7 of 19, added on April 8th, 2005 at 1:01 PM.
This poem is a unique and clever depiction of the siren's ploy. Of course the siren song is "the one song everyone would like to learn". Who would not give everything to learn that song, to have such irresistible power? It is that very power-hungry greed that overpowers those who are drawn to it. This is not about the song of the sirens, as the siren claims, but the song itself. It is the very power of that song, and the desire to wield it, that gives it its power... a sort of chicken-and-the-egg paradox. The song is irresistible because it is so irresistible. The fact that the song is a “secret” makes it even more attractive, for power is relative. If everyone has power, no one does. The siren claims to be calling for help because she is giving up such a valuable secret, and the listener will be suspicious if she just out and tells him. How valuable can this secret be if she tells it to just anyone? No, she cleverly begs him to save her because this seems to be a reasonable motive for giving him this power: the hope of escape. Since only he can save her, only he is worthy of hearing this song. The sailor is no longer suspicious of the gift because now it comes with a cost, and seems genuine. Now she can catch both the corrupt men (who are power-hungry and want to learn the song) and the noble men (who would hope to save a damsel in distress). And they are drawn to the rocks; the only secret to the siren song is that there is no secret to it, that it is irresistible because it is.
Vanessa from United States
Comment 6 of 19, added on March 29th, 2005 at 11:09 AM.
the poem is about women and men, women's place in a man's world and how she can't express herself due to her fears. She has ambitions yet they are rejected
Mugogo from Zimbabwe
Comment 5 of 19, added on March 8th, 2005 at 11:58 PM.
While at first read it's obvious that it's about Greek Mythology and Sirens, there is a deeper meaning. The idea of conformity and origionality interplay in the poem. The Siren uses the insecurities of man due to human nature to lure in her prey. She claims that the person she is speaking to is unique, that she will tell the secret to them. She disproves any rumors a sailor might have heard, rendering them helpless. The oxymoron in the last line of the second to last stanza and the last stanza explains the poem: "you are unique" "but it works everytime". Unique and everytime are exact opposites.
Carmen from United States
Comment 4 of 19, added on February 28th, 2005 at 6:10 PM.
The is the actually the song the Siren speaks. She lures you in when she says it's a song everyone wants to know. I'll tell you if you come closer. This would catch a sailors attention and then she exclaims help me! Any man would want to help a damsel in destress! It works every time.
Molly from United States
Comment 3 of 19, added on February 25th, 2005 at 2:18 PM.
This poem is great, it is a sly way for the siren to kill the reader. First, the siren tells why everyone wants to learn it: because it is irresistible. Men lose control because the song is powerful and they die even if evidence of deaths are right in front of them.(Lost in a trance) Then she says that she wants to be free and only the reader can help her because the reader is unique. The colon(three times) are leading to the song. In the end the siren says finally this boring song is over. It works everytime though. This poem symbolizes women's dominating power over men. Men look forward to having a luxurious woman that can do wonderful things for him. The siren sings her song even if it is tiresome because it is a myth and it should be followed because that is what everyone wants. The power that an irresisting woman has can kill. This is a sly poem in the end she kills the reader while trying to lure the person into her trap saying that she needs help and the reader is the only person that can help her.
Danica from United States
Comment 2 of 19, added on February 11th, 2005 at 10:13 AM.
I am reserching margaret atwood and her influence on mythology in poetry if you have anything i could use post it thanx
Hailey from United States
Comment 1 of 19, added on November 30th, 2004 at 7:56 PM.
This is a poem on it tells the song that people sing before they die and they know they are going to die... this is my summary on the poem
The poem Siren Song is a poem about how a Siren wants to get souls. The song is irresistible. The poem is how everyone wants to learn the song. If you hear the song you die and if anyone that has heard it can’t remember it. When she plays the song on a trio she makes clusters of men jump of the boat, even when they see skulls of dead people on the beach. When they jump off the boat they die on the island and she get squadrons of the men’s souls at a time. The song she plays makes everyone die, every time. The song she makes everyone loves it but only hears it once because they die.
The song is also about how when men go to war. In World War 2 we lost of people. The Siren Song is a song a person would sing before dying. It is a song you sing when you know you are go to die and have the chance to stop it. They were jumping over the boat so they could try and get away alive.
Sennin from United States
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this poem is not descriptive. It does not flow nicely. Altogether, it is not impressive. It sounds like it was written by a 5 year old.
Kitty from Barbados