In the poem “You Fit Into Me” by Margaret Atwood, Atwood creates a regretful tone with the use of repetition and simile. These devices generate the idea that one is not a bad person for letting a toxic person go. One does not deserve to be walked over and betrayed for the sake of “love.”

The use of repetition in “You Fit Into Me” emphasizes the true meaning of these few, short lines. Atwood first repeats the title of the poem in the first line of the poem. She does this again by stating “like a hook,” and “a fish hook,” and another time when saying “into an eye,” and “an open eye.” Reiterating these lines makes the reader rethink their interpretation of the meaning. In my initial reading of this poem, I thought is was solely a positive poem; after reading it time and time again I realized that it has both and positive and negative connotation. The first two lines signify that these two lovers once fit perfectly together and complemented one another in their relationship. In the last two lines, Atwood portrays to us that the love that was once there, no longer is. A fish hook in an open eye wouldn’t particularly be a nice feeling, I think this shows that the two who once fit each other perfectly, now have a relationship …show more content…
Another device used in this poem is simile. The use of simile has a similar effect as the repetition does. Lines one and two of the poem compare two people