Siren Song
Siren Song - meaning Summary
Desire Masked as Danger
A speaker adopts the voice of a siren and addresses the reader directly, presenting the famous irresistible song as both lure and confession. She pretends to offer a secret and a plea for rescue while admitting the song’s manipulative purpose. The poem collapses myth and irony: attraction is framed as vulnerability, and the promised intimacy becomes the mechanism of destruction rather than salvation.
Read Complete AnalysesThis is the one song everyone would like to learn: the song that is irresistible: the song that forces men to leap overboard in squadrons even though they see the beached skulls the song nobody knows because anyone who has heard it is dead, and the others can't remember. Shall I tell you the secret and if I do, will you get me out of this bird suit? I don't enjoy it here squatting on this island looking picturesque and mythical with these two feathery maniacs, I don't enjoy singing this trio, fatal and valuable. I will tell the secret to you, to you, only to you. Come closer. This song is a cry for help: Help me! Only you, only you can, you are unique at last. Alas it is a boring song but it works every time.
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