Analysis of From 'Power Politics' book of Atwood poems. This poem doesn't have a title.

Margaret Atwood 1939 (Ottawa)



you fit into me
like a hook into an eye

a fish hook
an open eye


Scheme XA XA
Poetic Form
Metre 11011 1010111 011 1101
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 60
Words 16
Sentences 1
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 2, 2
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 12
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 24
Words per stanza (avg) 8
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Submitted on April 28, 2017

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Margaret Atwood

Margaret Atwood is a critically acclaimed author worldwide. Her novels include 'Life Before Man', 'The Handmaid's Tale'and many more. She also writes short stories, essays and poetry. more…

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