You fit into me
like a hook into an eye
A fish hook
An open eye.
1.- What is the relationship between the title and the rest of the poem?
The title is saying a clear statement (that she/he fits into he/her)
2.- What words, if any, need to be defined?
Hook, because its the most important word which is used as a metaphor, about hooking with him.
3.- What relations do you see among any words in the poem?
Theres a relation between Hook and eye, which both are used in a metaphorical way as I explained in question 2.
4.- What are the various connotative meaning of the words in the poem? Do you see various shades of meaning help establish relationships or patterns in the text?
Theres different meanings for Hook and eye, I think she used hook meaning that the persona is engaged with her, and eye to mean that he's hooked on her eyes.
5.- What symbols, images or figures of speech are used? What is the relationship between them?
Theres a change in the meaning of the of the poem in between the two first verses and the last two, because it uses the key words in different ways (hook and eye).
The title is saying a clear statement (that she/he fits into he/her)
2.- What words, if any, need to be defined?
Hook, because its the most important word which is used as a metaphor, about hooking with him.
3.- What relations do you see among any words in the poem?
Theres a relation between Hook and eye, which both are used in a metaphorical way as I explained in question 2.
4.- What are the various connotative meaning of the words in the poem? Do you see various shades of meaning help establish relationships or patterns in the text?
Theres different meanings for Hook and eye, I think she used hook meaning that the persona is engaged with her, and eye to mean that he's hooked on her eyes.
5.- What symbols, images or figures of speech are used? What is the relationship between them?
Theres a change in the meaning of the of the poem in between the two first verses and the last two, because it uses the key words in different ways (hook and eye).
Free verse poem, no pattern.
7.- What is the tone of the poem?
With some certain Angryness which we dont know where it comes from.
8.- From what point of view is the content of the poem being told?
The author probably tried to express her life, a failed love which started good and there was no Happy ending this time.
9.- What tensions, ambiguities or paradoxes arise within the poem?
Theres a change in the meaning of the poem as we can see the words hook and eye can express different things according to the context, as the start it's expressing love and affection but at the end some kind of angryness and hate.
10.- What do you believe the chief paradox or irony is in the text?
To express the fury the persona had to her crush
11.- How do all of the elements of the poem support and develop the primary paradox or irony?
Everything supports the ideas i said before.
a hook and an eye, probably the persona didnt meant a real eye, as we can see in the image the knot on the left is trying to scape and the one on the right wont let it go.
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