A.E.
I found the title to this poem very appealing to me only for the fact that it alluded to the legendary and deadly Sirens in the Ancient Greek times. So as usual, yet again, I started by counting the lines, and to my surprise it was not a sonnet!! Though interesting enough, it didn't have any real rhyming scheme to it. So I know one allusion is to the Sirens themselves but it mention in a line "will you get me out of this bird suit?" Though my general knowledge is vast in the Greek mythology, I can't seem to pick up that hint. Something else that is noticeable in this poem compared to the last three I have annotated is the syntax. It actually has periods, and other punctuation marks. As I kept reading over this poem a few more times, why is it really called the "Siren Song"? Then it came to me! The whole poem IS THE Siren Song! How is this so? Well it starts mentioning its a song everyone knows and is unable to resist it which ultimately leads to their deaths. Tying back to the syntax, it repeats the word "you" eight times. Obviously its focusing on the reader just like the Sirens would do to lure YOU in. I found it rather humorous. So once the Sirens were focused on "you" how did they lure you in? With a "secret". They ask "Shall I tell you a secret?" Then the poems feels like it goes on a bit of nonsense but still mentioning or hinting at the "secret". The mixture of lengthy and short sentences gives the reader a bit of a rush wanting to know this "secret". In the last three lines when it says "Alas it is a boring song but it works every time." this is the part when the Sirens would go in for the kill and its too late for the reader to do anything. This is the Siren Song.
I found the title to this poem very appealing to me only for the fact that it alluded to the legendary and deadly Sirens in the Ancient Greek times. So as usual, yet again, I started by counting the lines, and to my surprise it was not a sonnet!! Though interesting enough, it didn't have any real rhyming scheme to it. So I know one allusion is to the Sirens themselves but it mention in a line "will you get me out of this bird suit?" Though my general knowledge is vast in the Greek mythology, I can't seem to pick up that hint. Something else that is noticeable in this poem compared to the last three I have annotated is the syntax. It actually has periods, and other punctuation marks. As I kept reading over this poem a few more times, why is it really called the "Siren Song"? Then it came to me! The whole poem IS THE Siren Song! How is this so? Well it starts mentioning its a song everyone knows and is unable to resist it which ultimately leads to their deaths. Tying back to the syntax, it repeats the word "you" eight times. Obviously its focusing on the reader just like the Sirens would do to lure YOU in. I found it rather humorous. So once the Sirens were focused on "you" how did they lure you in? With a "secret". They ask "Shall I tell you a secret?" Then the poems feels like it goes on a bit of nonsense but still mentioning or hinting at the "secret". The mixture of lengthy and short sentences gives the reader a bit of a rush wanting to know this "secret". In the last three lines when it says "Alas it is a boring song but it works every time." this is the part when the Sirens would go in for the kill and its too late for the reader to do anything. This is the Siren Song.