Margaret Atwood, in her poem February uses the themes of symbols, metaphor and tone to express her distress and loneliness during this depressing time of year, while also motivating herself to get out of this state of desperation and to get past this point of her life. Throughout this poem speaker refers to being annoyed by the heartache that she herself faces, while at other points she is frustrated with not being able to be intimate during this naturally dreary time of year. Speaker comes to a point in the poem where she wants to pull out of this time and look forward to the excitement that awaits in
