¶ … Siren Song," "Dover Beach," and "Three Ravens" are literary works that depict the theme of power, love, and war (respectively). This paper will discuss in detail how each poem tackles the themes that were presented, and how each work achieves the theme of power, love, or war by the use of imagination, which is effectively used to illustrate the importance of each theme.
The poem "Siren Song" by Margaret Atwood is a poem that has power as its recurring theme. In the poem, Atwood first introduces the reader to one of the most powerful tool used by the siren in the poem: the siren's song. The siren's song is actually the most important subject in the poem, since it symbolizes the siren's power over men who are lured to her song. The poet describes her song as "irresistible [sic]" and illustrates its power by stating that the siren's song is the song "everyone would like to learn." By this line, the siren emphasizes the power her song has over men that makes people aspire to have it, which is the "irresistible" characteristic of the siren's song.
The following lines in the poem shows the effects of the song over men; how every time the siren sings its song, men are continually lured to follow its source, which results to their downfall or death ("the song that forces men/to leap overboard in squadrons/even though they see the beached skulls"). After the siren has told the reader the dangerous traits of the song, it nevertheless proceeds to lure them (the readers), teasing, ("Shall I tell you the secret..."). However, this part of the poem tells us the siren's dissatisfaction over her present disposition, which is illustrated through the lines, "I don't enjoy it here/squatting on this island... I don't enjoy singing/this trio, fatal and valuable..." However, the siren still continues to lure...
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Beach is one of my favorite places to relax, unwind and be at peace with myself. It has an abundance of sun, a refreshing ocean breeze and exceptionally soft sand. What a wonderful source of contentment! Picture an extraordinarily warm winter's day, 50 degrees, brilliant rays shining down from a translucent sapphire sky. At the horizon's edge, the water is dotted with local fishermen, casting rods into the water in the
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