Variations_On_The_Word_Love

Variations On The Word Love Response to “Variations on the Word Love Margaret Atwood explores the word Love in her poem, “Variations on the Word Love.” She question people’s use of the word love and its various meanings. I really enjoyed Atwood’s poem because made me think and ask questions. I often use the word love, yet I don’t always mean the same thing when I use it. I had never really thought about this until I read her poem. Atwood first speaks about the overuse of the word. She introduces the poem by saying how we use the word love as a filler. When we can’t think of anything to say, we often fill in space with the word love. The first line begins with “This is a word we use to plug/holes with. It’s the right size for those war/blanks in speech…” (line 1-3). People often use the word love when they don’t know what else to say. Atwood also speaks about how the word love is often used as an advertisement. The word love is very marketable. We have two holidays to celebrate it, Valentine’s Day and Sweetest love, word, poem, about, two, often, meaning, atwood, variations, think, say, people, don’t, true, things, speaks, really, overuse, line, know, justice, give, first, fill, expression, explores, explain, day, between, begins, atwood, yet, ways, war/blanks, very