In Siren Song by Margaret Atwood, Imagery is used to connect the reader with deeper meanings of the poem. "To leap overboard in squadrons, even though they see beached skulls" (Stanza 2 Lines 4-5). The men are willing to follow orders to their death. The army trained and instilled in them a love for their people and their country, and in combat scenarios, disobedience could mean certain death. So the soldiers follow orders to the letter, for the love of their country, their people, and their comrades. "This bird suit" (Stanza 4 Line 12), is either is portraying something of deeper meaning, while it literally are bird telling this poem. Perhaps, it is showing that there is always a bit of peace even when war occurs, I'm not sure. The birds seem
