Margaret Atwood

Atwood's theme of poem is often known as
“feminism” although some people find the
poem has a sexual meaning. For example,
the poem “You Fit Into Me” by Margaret Atwood

"You fit into me
like a hook into an eye
A fish hook
An open eye"


I believe it is meant as a personal experience, be it love or something else, that starts out beautiful and turns into something unkind or even brutal. I see the poem having meaning about the abuse of women, not necessarily physical. The poem is based on a metaphor. A hook and eye usually refers to a piece of hardware used to latch a door shut. Here, they reference a perfect fit. The hook is quickly turned into a weapon, and the open eye is vulnerable. The use of imagery “a hook into an open eye” creates a painful image in the readers mind which annoys the speaker in this poem. Atwood's tone may at first appear to be light and funny, but in the end it is sarcastic.