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 text says that someone fits or its made for the writter, though the poem suggest that the one make for him/her fits like a hook into an eye, and I don`t know, but hooks weren't made to fit into eyes.
2.- What words, if any, neeed to be defined?

Hook-and-eye: A cloths fastener consisting of a small blunt hunk that is inserted in a corresponding loop or eyelet.
3.-What relationships do you see among any words in this poem?
There is a relationship between hook and eye, and the way that they are supossed to fit, though the cloth fastener named hook-and-eye are really supposed to fit, so maybe there are two interpretations for this poem.
4.-What are the various connotative meanings of the words in the poem? Do these various shades of meaning help establish relationships or patterns in the text?
As I allready said, the author plays with the meaning of hook and eye, so there are the two posibilities of understanding, a real fish hook with a human eye or the cloth fastener.
5.- What symbols, images or figures of speech are used? What is the relationship between them?
The poem make us imagine (at least me, before knowing what hook-and-eye was) a hook in a real human eye.
6.-What elements of rhyme, meter or pattern can you discuss?
I can't really see any rhyme or syllabe pattern in between the poem, I'll say it is a free rhyme poem.
7.-What is the tone of the poem?
This poem is very ironic in the way to express its ideas (the writter indeed). I'll say it has some anger or sadness behind the words.
8.-From what point of view is the content of the poem being told?
Well, I just refered to it, probably the author had a love that use to fit like an hook-and-eye, though then it became a real hook into her eye.
9.-What tensions, ambiguities or paradoxes or irony is in the text?
There is an ambiguiti in the meaning of the words hook and eye, first making us believe it is a love poem but then turning into a complete irony.
10.-What do you believe the chief paradox or irony is in the text?
That something so perfect that are supposed to be made one for each other can turn into something so painful.
11.-How do all of the elements of the poem support and develop the primary paradox or irony?
They show the fealings of the writter, and what use to be a beautifull relationship.