Such an interesting woman Margaret Atwood is. I'm not going to lie, the first time I read this poem, it freaked me out a little bit. Let's just say when I heard the title "February," I wasn't expecting the theme to have anything to do with sex and cats.
In one sentence, the theme of this poem is we all have a call to action and it's time to get out of bed and do something.
Actually, I think it's kind of difficult to state just one theme from this poem because there are so many random and weird things it incorporates. Surprisingly though, they all work together. The poem goes through a stream of consciousness in the mind of the speaker who is laying down in bed in the middle of the winter, not wanting to face the day. At first she is criticizing how society is way too sexual and focused on "scoring" [line 20, "he shoots, he scores"], but then she contradicts herself by saying at the end "Get rid of death. Celebrate increase. Make it be spring." I like the outlook the speaker has at the end because it's very optimistic thinking. It reminds me of those "Just do something!" ads. Despite its oddities, the poem is quite memorable and interesting.
In one sentence, the theme of this poem is we all have a call to action and it's time to get out of bed and do something.
Actually, I think it's kind of difficult to state just one theme from this poem because there are so many random and weird things it incorporates. Surprisingly though, they all work together. The poem goes through a stream of consciousness in the mind of the speaker who is laying down in bed in the middle of the winter, not wanting to face the day. At first she is criticizing how society is way too sexual and focused on "scoring" [line 20, "he shoots, he scores"], but then she contradicts herself by saying at the end "Get rid of death. Celebrate increase. Make it be spring." I like the outlook the speaker has at the end because it's very optimistic thinking. It reminds me of those "Just do something!" ads. Despite its oddities, the poem is quite memorable and interesting.
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