Activity: Practical Criticism

You fit into me

You fit into me

like a hook into an eye

A fish hook

An open eye.

1.- What is the relationship between the title and the rest of the poem?

The title in this case is the main idea to the poem, you fit into me or also the compatibility towards the persona.

2.- What words, if any, need to be defined?

Hook into an eye, at first i though it refers to the clothing hook into the eye, just as a women would fit to a man, but then when it says "A fish hook" I realized it was the fishing hook

3.- What relations do you see among any words in the poem?

Hook into an eye, and a fish hook. I don't know if its just me but every time I saw a fishing hook I would think about how many accidents of a hook into an eye there might be. 

4.- What are the various connotative meaning of the words in the poem? Do you see various shades of meaning help establish relationships or patterns in the text?

The hook into an eye, 2 expressions, one may be a fishing accident, and another one the clothing hook and eye. Yes, as answered before, until it said "A fish Hook", i thought it was referring to a clothing hood into an eye. 

5.- What symbols, images or figures of speech are used? What is the relationship between them?

The verses 1 and 2 let you think it is a compatibility towards the persona, a relationship, but then in verses 3 and 4 you realize its not.

6.- What elements of rhyme, meter or pattern can you discuss?

None, this poem has no rhyme. And no patterns, each verse has different amount of syllables. 

7.- What is the tone of the poem?

Remorse, and a bit of a  cold heart description.

8.- From what point of view is the content of the poem being told?

A women, who maybe believed the was with the perfect man for her, a perfect relationship, and everything ended up bad because a fishing hook into an eye cant be good.

9.- What tensions, ambiguities or paradoxes arise within the poem?

We can clearly see a ambiguity on the word Hook into an eye, as i told before, we first imagine the clothing hook into an eye, a perfect relationship, but then we realized its a fishing hook, a disaster.

10.- What do you believe the chief paradox or irony is in the text?

The suffering, sadness, maybe to learn to choose well, know well the person before getting into a relationship, or else you will be betrayed.

11.-How do all of the elements of the poem support and develop the primary paradox or irony?

Each element supports to express emotions and feelings of the persona. The irony is in the relation on a hook-into-an-eye and a loving couple or a horrifying accident.