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You Fit Into Me You fit into me like a hook into an eye a fish hook an open eye - Margaret Atwood Example Poem

ENG4U – Slide Exemplar Level 4 Thesis – Atwood’s visceral description reinforces the violent nature of love and desire. Why are “eyes” a central image of this poem? What do “eyes” have to do with desire? “Fish Hook”“Open Eye”

Why are “eyes” a central image of this poem and what do “eyes” have to do with desire? “You fit into me/like a hook into an eye” shows that there is always violence associated with love and that the connection that people have with each other can be painful and can stab you like a fishhook in an open eye. ENG4U – Slide Exemplar Level 3

ENG4U – Slide Exemplar Level 2 “Fish Hook” is significant because it shows imagery. The imagery of the poem is important because it also reveals a theme. “Fish hook” is something that can be hurtful and also kill. “Eye” are something that we see with. So it would be very painful to get stabbed in the eye with one of these fish hooks. Therefore “fish hook” is significant because it shows imagery.