you fit into me

"you fit into me" by Margaret Atwood was a short poem, yet it had a lot of meaning within the few words it had. Just looking at the lack of punctuation it gives off the feeling of not caring or unhappiness. That lack of punctuation contributes to the overall meaning of the poem. There are only two stanzas and the first stanza goes like this: "you fit into me like a hook into an eye." Here the reader would assume that the author is referring to a hook and eye clasp on clothing like dress that clasps together. The hook and eye works together to keep the dress fastened and together. From that stanza the reader would assume the author is saying that its like how a relationship works just like a hook and eye; it is stable, they work together, etc. But then the second stanza goes into a complete different direction. "a fish hook an open eye," clearly this stanza doesn't have the same tone as the the first stanza. The tone shifts to being a bit angry and a bit painful. From those last lines it is clear that the relationship the author is describing wasn't a relationship that the two worked together, but rather one that only brought pain and unhappiness, and that was the only way the two fit together. It is straight forward and to the point. At the end of the day, maybe the reason the author chose so few words for this poem to show that the relationship was painful and is done and over with and that is it, according to the content and the structure of the poem.