The portrayal of the Sirens and their luring but destructive song is compared in both Homer's Odyssey and Margaret Atwood's poem Siren Song as being tempting and treacherous to the sailors. Through the use of an ominous tone and the point of view of both the sailors and the Sirens,both authors share a common portrayal of the Sirens song as being destructive to both of them. In the Odyssey,the Odysseus are warned by their leader about the Sirens song. In the leaders point of view, the Sirens song is said to have his, "heart inside me throbbed to listen longer." Compared to Atwood's poem where the Sirens point of view is, "...the song...is irresistible." In both point of views the song captures the sailors into their spell and tries
