Commentary Margaret Atwood
The poem titled ‘Variations on the Word Love’ by Margaret Atwood touches on and briefly discusses uses of the word love. The word love has many different interpretations, describing ones personal feelings, and at the same time has been overused by the media as a marketing tool. In today’s society the word love is highly overused and can have many different interpretations. In this poem Atwood explores these meanings and different interpretations of the word ‘love’ and expresses them through theme, the structure of the poem, imagery and symbolism.
The poem can be split into two parts, and from there divided into more subdivisions. The first half of the poem expresses and explores love in its superficial usage, more of an ironic and general term portrayed falsely by the media. The second half of the poem is of a personal more ‘meaningful’ usage that develops into
Symbolism is one of the main literary tools Atwood uses to express and explore the many meanings of......
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