Margaret Atwood is a Canadian writer, best known for her 1985 dystopian novel The Handmaid's Tale. In addition to novels, Atwood writes short stories, poetry, and children's books. Atwood is also a well-respected literary critic. Spelling, the Poem:...
A central theme of Margaret Atwood's "Spelling" (1981) is the power of words. This theme is explicitly stated with the line "A word after a word/ after a word is power." It is also explored more deeply throughout the poem as the narrator considers different types of power. The powe...