siren song

• Told from the perspective of a siren—a half-woman, half-bird creature from Greek mythology whose singing lures sailors to their deaths—the poem explores themes of vanity and seduction, stereotypes about women being helpless, and how the need to feel "unique" makes people vulnerable to flattery.
• themes of vanity and seduction
• sirens are appealing on surface but deceptive and dangerous
• helpless woman stereotype used
• the need to feel unique makes people vulnerable to flattery
• connections to beloved

  • objectification and sexualization of sethe
• connections to roundhouse

  • sonja's constant sexualization and overall treatment
  • her "deception" caused her to not enjoy life
• assonance, consonance, imagery, metaphor, rhetorical questions used
• perspective of a siren talking to a man/human