A Critical Analysis of Margaret Atwood's Writing Style

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An Analysis of Margaret Atwood
Winner of the ‘Governor General’ award and the ‘Book Prize’ is author and poet Margaret Atwood. Margaret Atwood is a Canadian author and poet that has grown up and lived in Canada. She has written many poems protesting different ideas. However she usually focuses on two main topics ‘Humanity vs. Nature’ and ‘Death is Certain’ (Spark notes, Margaret Atwood’s Poetry). She has also some different views, she is a feminist and nationalist with ecological concerns. Growing up in Canada, Margaret Atwood has learned a lot from both of her parents, developed a great poetic vision, writing many great poem such as ‘The Moment’.
Margaret Atwood has had a very interesting childhood where she grew up in two different places and learnt a lot from both of her parents (about.com, Margret Atwood). Margaret Atwood lived within the wilderness of Ontario, Canada until she was 11 (about.com, Margret Atwood). She then moved to Toronto where she did her university education at Radiclffe Collage and the University of Toronto (Bio. True Story Margret Atwood). After this education, she did her post graduate degree in Harvard USA. However, her writing career had taken off long before her collage education. Margaret Atwood took up writing at the age of just 6 years old and decided to pursue her writing career when she was 16 (about.com Margaret Atwood). As a result she grew up into being a very successful writer. She won the ‘Governor General’ award for her poem collection ‘The Circle Game’ and the ‘Book Prize’ in 2000 (Bio. True Story Margaret Atwood). However winning these awards was not an easy task. She has a unique vision within her poems that ties in greatly with her childhood and parents.
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...ink of ourselves as humans, when in reality, it is nature that owns us.
Indeed this shows that it is the writer that makes the poetry and not the other way around. Thanks to her very interesting childhood, Margaret Atwood, has not only learned lots from both of her parents, but from her experiences as well. This has all come together to shape her poetic vision which has been translated into many great poem such as ‘The Moment’. Margaret Atwood is a great Canadian poet with some nationalist views and ecological concerns. Not to mention, her feminist views as well. This was all derived from her childhood that has formed a rather unique poetic vision and many great poems. From this we can see that the poet developed the poetry and not the other way around. Without all of her life experiences and social education, her poetry would not have come out the same.

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