Song of the Worms

Song of the Worms is a poem by Canadian poet Margaret Atwood.^[1]

It was recently ^[2] read on an English television station by Lia Williams in part of a program to expand knowledge of poems.

Usage in GCSE

This poem was used in the GCSE syllabus between 2001 and 2002. It was considered as "metaphysical poetry" by one exam board.

This poem is also used by many English teachers for year 10 (4th form) students to practice their poetry analyzing skills.

References

↑ Poetry magazine: Historical Index
↑ 4Learning - Secondary - Resources4Learning - Secondary - Resources - English - The English Programme: Passwords - When the Going Gets Tough

Works by Margaret Atwood

Novels	The Edible Woman (1969) Surfacing (1972) Lady Oracle (1976) Life Before Man (1979) Bodily Harm (1981) The Handmaid's Tale (1985) Cat's Eye (1988) The Robber Bride (1993) Alias Grace (1996) The Blind Assassin (2000) Oryx and Crake (2003) The Penelopiad (2005) The Year of the Flood (2009) MaddAddam (2013) The Heart Goes Last (2015) Hag-Seed (2016)

Short fiction collections	Dancing Girls (1977) Murder in the Dark (1983) Bluebeard's Egg (1983) Wilderness Tips (1991) Good Bones (1992) Good Bones and Simple Murders (1994) The Labrador Fiasco (1996) The Tent (2006) Moral Disorder (2006) Stone Mattress (2014)

Short stories	"Rape Fantasies" (1977) "The Resplendent Quetzal" (1977) "Happy Endings" (1983) "Unearthing Suite" (1983) "Freeforall" (1986)

Poetry collections	Double Persephone (1961) The Circle Game (1964) Expeditions (1965) Speeches for Doctor Frankenstein (1966) The Animals in That Country (1968) The Journals of Susanna Moodie (1970) Procedures for Underground (1970) Power Politics (1971) Two-Headed Poems (1978) True Stories (1981) Interlunar (1984) Morning in the Burned House (1995) The Door (2007)

Non-fiction	Survival: A Thematic Guide to Canadian Literature (1972) Negotiating with the Dead: A Writer on Writing (2002) Writing with Intent: Essays, Reviews, Personal Prose—1983–2005 (2005) Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth (2008)

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