In the story The Odyssey and the poem “Siren Song” both portray the Sirens about the same, but in different ways. Some things that were the same were the point of view and tone. Some things that were different were the diction and imagery. In the poem, the poet is describing the Sirens, but in the Odyssey, Kirke and Odysseus are describing the Sirens.
To begin with, one thing in the Odyssey and “Siren Song” that was the same was the point of view and tone. In the Odyssey lines 46-55, Kirke is describing the Sirens. She describes them as very deadly, dangerous women that use their singing to bewitch men and kill them. Odysseus describes the Sirens as beautiful women with very lovely voices. The poet describes the Sirens as beautiful women with the bodies of birds that sing and also bewitch men. The tone of Kirke and the poet is full of warning, because the Sirens are very dangerous. When Kirke is telling Odysseus
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In the Odyssey, Kirke or Odysseus did not describe the Sirens’ physical appearance. Kirke and Odysseus did describe their voices. Odysseus described their voices as “The lovely voices in ardor appealing over the water made me crave to listen…”. The imagery in the book really describes their voices, but not their physical appearance The poet described their voices, their physical appearance, and the song that they sang as irresistible. He also described the song that they sang that forces men to leap overboard in squadrons. The diction was also different in the poem and the book. In the poem, the poet greatly exaggerates the Sirens’ voices. The voices are the main part of the Sirens and the most dangerous part of them, but they greatly exaggerate them by saying how irresistible and beautiful the voices are. In the Odyssey, Kirke warns Odysseus of how dangerous the Sirens are and says nothing about their physical appearance. She only talks about how dangerous they are and about the Sirens’