Power Politics (poetry collection)
First edition | |
| Author | Margaret Atwood |
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| Language | English |
Publication date | 1971 |
| Publication place | US |
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Power Politics is a book of poetry by Canadian author Margaret Atwood, published in 1971.
It contains her famous simile:
You fit into me
like a hook into an eye
a fish hook
an open eye
The violent surprise of this poem is typical of Atwood’s imagery.
Gender is a crucial theme in Power Politics. The collection was often dismissed as a poetic version of Women's Lib although Atwood herself rejected the notion that the Women's Movement influenced the conception of Power Politics.