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Siren Song This poem, clearly alluding to the Siren’s of the tale of Odysseus, is a clear reference to Greek mythology. In Greek mythology, the Sirens creatures whose songs were so enticing, mariners could not resist following the music to the Sirens’ voices only to be killed by the ocean’s ravaging tides.This poem contains no meter and is a free verse poem. Additionally, there is no set rhyme scheme. This poem is a siren speaking to the reader in a normal meter, nothing emphasized. The speaker of

In the poem “Siren song” by Margaret Atwood, the poem is based off the myth of the sirens, which is also the speaker, and helps understand the story behind it. The tone shows sadness and sorrow towards the siren feeling boredom. This poem shows imagery, such as the way the words are used like talking about a song, something you can hear. “It is a boring song but it works every time” A song that lures men in, a song that holds them to their own death. Men think someone wants them, someone needs

All four sources that incorporate sirens deliver the message of temptation, but each convey the idea in a different manner(SoW #2, Compound Sentence). The separate elements of each work uses figurative language, visual imagery, and word choices. Although they all differ, all four pieces of literature share several commonalities(SoW #3, Introductory subordinate clause). The epic poem, The Odyssey, and painting, “Ulysses and the Sirens”, convey their messages very differently, as the epic uses visual

Aigul Samb Professor Avra Spector Great Works November 31, 2014 The Silence of the Siren In the short story ‘The Silence of the Sirens’, Kafka rewrites the myth of how Odysseus escapes the sirens in his own distinctive way. The sirens are best known for failing to trick Homer’s Odysseus with their alluring song, but there exist numerous other, occasionally conflicting, myths concerning them. This ambiguity contributed to various interpretation of physical appearance and symbolic significance of

The sirens in both texts have different views on the song and how it allures people. They describe what it does to people who come in close proximity of the song. In the first passage it describes how Odysseus got the beeswax for his men to cover their ears. To prevent Odysseus from escaping while hearing the song, his men tied him to a post on the ship. The passage describes just how difficult it is to resist the voices of the Sirens by using figurative language such as personification

In an excerpt from Homer’s The Odyssey and “Siren Song” by Margaret Atwood, the speaker’s point of view shapes the portrayal of the alluring and dangerous aspects of the Sirens. In Atwood’s poem, the Sirens are described as alluring from one Siren’s point of view due to their knowledge of how to appeal to men’s desires to be heroic, while in Homer’s excerpt, Odysseus’ point of view believes that the Sirens are appealing solely to him. For example, Odysseus describes the Siren’s voices as ‘honeyed

My paper has become an Oral History of The Screaming Sirens. They were an all girl band from L.A that had a successful run from 1982-1987. THere is very little written about them. They came up with X, the Go-Go’s and The Bangles. Regarding girl bands at that time, they were different than other acts. They had an autonomy that others didn't have. They weren't under the manipulative control of a male manager like the Runaways. They were in control of their performance which had a reputation for being

In the songs “Song to the Siren” by Tim Buckley and “Sirens Song” by Miss May I, the allusion to the Siren song and the Sirens has the effect of influencing the reader into feeling sympathetic for men manipulated by deadly women. This illustration is evident in the female character in these songs, which presents the femme fatale archetype by being alluring yet quite dangerous. In the song “Song to the Siren,” Tim Buckley writes “Now my foolish boat is leaning/ broken lovelorn on your rocks” (Buckley)

Homer’s tone towards the Sirens deprecates and objectifies them, while Atwood’s tone towards the Sirens is empathic and woeful, for the purpose of revealing male oppression and its effect on females. Homer describes the Sirens as an experience for the hero’s benefit. The Sirens sing their song to Odysseus, and according to Homer, the song’s purpose is to let man “hear to his heart’s content” and sail away “a wiser man” (Homer 18). The Sirens are merely an experience, an object, that a hero grabs

Like Homer, the Sirens are depicted in the “Siren Song as cunning and seductive, manipulating their listeners in order to lure them into their trap. Atwood uses first person point of view to evoke a sense of sympathy for the Sirens. This prompts the listeners to feel as if the sirens are personally speaking to them. Phrases such as, “help me” and “I don’t enjoy it here” tempts the men, causing them to act like the hero. This contradicts the methods used in the excerpt from the Odyssey, which was