variation on the word sleep by Margret Atwood

The poem that I read today was a poem called Variation on the Word Sleep by Margret Atwood. this poem was published in 1981. This poem has many repetitions and different rhyme schemes. in each stanza of the poem there is a repetition. it starts on the first line.there is also a hyperbole's mentioned in this poem. To summarize this poem the speaker states that he or she would like to be in their loved ones dreams. the speaker wants to be near their loved one every minute of the day. the speaker wants to give their loved one the world and much more. for example in line 12 the speaker sates i would like to give you silver the small white flower to protect you. from my thoughts of this line the speaker wold do anything to protect their significant other and will be by their side forever.

The person who speaks the lines of the poem is the person who is deeply in love with their significant other. someone who wants to be there for their lover and protect them in their dreams and in their life. someone who wants to lay in the bed with their lover the whole night and never leave them. This poem is speaking to anyone who is in a relationship who is deeply in love with their significant other. who will always be there lying next to them, and also someone who will protect them with everything that they have.

The speakers attitude toward the subject of the poem is very deep. the speaker goes into a lot of detail with the word sleep and how the speaker wants to be in his or her lovers dreams every second of the day. the speaker is head over heels in love and wants to protect their lover. the speaker wants to be the shining armor to the persons life. the speaker will never let go of the feelings he has for his lover.

There is various figurative languages included in this poem such as hyperbole which was mentioned in throughout the poem.there is also repetition in the poem, personification and metaphors.the most relevant words in the poem is i would like, sleep, center, i would like to watch you, i would like to protect you.The first poem by Kim Addonizio and this poem called the variation of sleep has its similarities and differences.the similarities is that both speakers are in love they both want to protect their lover and be there for them but the difference is that with the variation of sleep the speaker wants to be in their lovers dreams and this in the other one is talking about loving tattoos on their lovers body. being able to kiss it and knowing that its going to be there forever.in the variation of sleep the speaker wants to lay down with the person and actually be there but in the other poem the person is just in love with tattoos. in both of these poems both speakers are infatuated with something or someone.

The theme of this poem is basically loving and caring and protection. being there for your loved one. wanting to be where they are. protecting them with all that you have and keeping them close wherever they go and always wanting to do  more for them each day.the speaker is in love with his or her lover. the speaker wants to be there for their lover and will do whatever it takes to make their lover happy. The speaker wants to lie beside their lover and the speaker wants to be everything to their lover.