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When I read "Late Poems," I was intrigued by some of the details Atwood used to describe how the poems in this book are "late." Specifically, she says the poems in this book are late "like a letter sent by a sailor," but then adds that the letter "arrives after he's drowned (Atwood 1). This made me think about how poems aren't USEFUL but they are MEANINGFUL--just like a letter from a deceased loved one.