'Explication of “Siren Song” by Margaret Atwood Essay\r'

'Marg argont Atwood’s â€Å"Siren c every(prenominal)” is a lyric that consists of nine three-lined stanzas that neither get any recognizable rhyme scheme nor rhythm. The loudspeaker system of this poem is a mythical creature, a Siren, who addresses us, the audience, when she speaks of the victims whom she come-ond by the enticing strain she sings. The overall tone of this poem is sarcastic and quite sinister.\r\nThe title itself immediately depicts the root and speaker of the poem. The whole poem is an example of determinate allusion, referring to Homer’s Odyssey. The Sirens within the Odyssey are verbalize to be captivating women who sit on an island and lure men with their rag outcry and fine-looking voices, create them to jump out of their ships and die. The title of the poem forewarns us, and with a name like â€Å"Siren”, the audience should bosom its literal meaning: â€Å"Danger! Warning! invalidate if you can!”, however we, as adopters, want to jazz more about the Siren’s var., anyway. With naïve arrogance, we approach the subject, theoriseing we are strong bounteous to twist away if things take a turn for the worse, after all, it is just a vocal.\r\nIn the prototypal three stanzas, the Siren introduces and briskly elaborates on her tantalising song. â€Å"This is the one song everyone would like to learn: the song that is irresistible”, she says. She begins to lure us into her trap as we become curious as to why the song is so compelling. The Siren explains how men jump overboard after fancying her song, even though they tick the skulls that are scattered around the island. Most would think that this is an obvious indication as to the effect for the â€Å"squadrons [of men]” as well. Her song is one that â€Å"nobody knows because anyone who has heard it is stagnant”, which should also deter the audience from wanting to hear her song, but we are still, of cou rse, tempted. These first three stanzas service as an â€Å"alluring warning”, in a sense.\r\nThrough the next five stanzas, she continues to say that if we serve her â€Å"out of [her] biddy suit”, she â€Å"shall herald [us] the clandestine”. We are left, curiously, to find out what the hole-and-corner(a) is. The run across of a â€Å"bird suit” is a symbolic representation for the conformity the Siren endures, or rather, what she wants us to conceptualize she endures. She says she doesn’t enjoy â€Å"squatting on [an] island, spirit picturesque and mythical, with two [other] maniacs”. She makes us believe that all she wants is to be freed from being trapped in her â€Å"bird suit”. She tries to convince us to â€Å"come contiguous”, and continues to make us feel special, saying that we are â€Å" unique”, and that â€Å"only [we]” can help her. She insists that her song is really â€Å"a cry for help ”, and that she’ll tell us her secret †all we have to do is lean in and continue to listen to her tantalizing song.\r\nâ€Å"Alas it is a boring song but it works every time”, says the Siren in the final stanza. Her song, her cries for help †they all have been a ploy to lure in her next victims. Maybe, her foreknow to reveal her secret was kept, after all. Perhaps her secret was the fact that her song will always work. She describes her song as â€Å"boring”, and seems almost amused with the outcome of her trap, as though her devious ways are second nature. Regrettably, however, we fell victims to her conniving personality and delight song, even after being warned from the moment we read the title.\r\nâ€Å"Siren Song” by Margaret Atwood is a beautiful poem that cleverly describes the method the Siren uses to image her victims. The poem takes on a sinister and corrupting nature, which leaves us to be quite the opposite of â€Å"unique ” †another victim of the Sirens.\r\n'