You Fit into Me
You fit into me
like a hook into an eye
a fish hook
an open eye
This poem is very short, but in the short lines the author, atwood, was able to give the reader a poem for how this person fits into her. She could've chosen to write intense detail, filled with imagery in order to figure out how that "person" fits into her.
The first stanza was a phrase that is seemingly familiar, but she takes it beyond by explaining which hook it is and how the eye is looked upon. The detail of a fish hook could have been used because if you have ever seen a fish hook it has jagged ends on it and obviously the round tip in order to ensure the bait will remain on it, therefore; if something gets caught it will have an extremely hard time trying to get released. This symbol is further explaining how he "fits into her", because that open eye will have an extremely hard time getting away from the jagged hook.
Atwood wrote the poem in 2 short stanzas because, I believe, that there was nothing else she needed to describe in order for the reader to understand what she was saying. Or, that she wanted to remain seemingly abstract as for the reader to interept the poem in whichever way they choose.
