Variations on the Word Love
The word love has many meanings to describe personal feelings and has been overused as a marketing tool. In Margaret Atwood's poem, "Variations on the Word Love", the author explores the meanings and the different interpretations of the word 'love'. She explains these meanings through symbolism, imagery, and diction. The word 'love' is overused and can be interpreted in a numerous ways losing it's meaning.Symbolism in the poem allows Atwood to explore the many meanings of 'love' by replacing them with different symbols. Atwood describes 'love' as, "a word we use to plug holes with" (Lines 1-2). Atwood does not mean plugging real holes like in the ground but plugging a gap in a sentence to express personal feelings or indescribable words. 'Love' is one of these words that is used, "to plug holes with" (Lines 1,2), because it has many interpretations and meanings that it fills the gaps of what people are trying to s
The true meaning of the word 'love' has lost its effect and that's why it is so hard to explain what one feels since 'love' is interpreted in many different ways. The diction used in the poem allows Atwood to express the meaning of 'love' through words. It could mean fulfilling their sensual pleasures for all they know because of the many interpretations. The word 'love' has lost it meaning. Atwood's use of symbolism, imagery, and diction could not fully explain the meaning of love. People do not really know what 'love' is exactly. The author tries to express the meaning of 'love' but can't because it is unknown and the only word that suits is the word 'love' itself. Debaucheries means the "indulgence of sensual pleasures" , which then can be interpreted in a way that people think 'love' is a way of indulging their sensual pleasures. Though, Atwood tried to explain the meaning of 'love' she could not find a better word to help describe it. Atwood tries to describe the many ways 'love' is interpreted and used in our society. Many people use this word to fill in gaps to express their feelings, which has been repeatedly used to the point that the word 'love' has lost meaning. Either in marketing or to the plugging of it into sentences to describe feelings and expressions. But gives the reader an idea of what it is and a sense of what it feels like to feel love or to be loved feel like to any independent person. By using the metaphor, "a finger grip on a cliffside" (Lines 35-36).
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