This is a Photograph of Me
“This is a Photograph of Me” “This is a Photograph of Me”, by Margaret Atwood, is the struggle of the narrator to find herself. ... Because of the topic of the photograph described in the poem, we get to see things revealed clearly. ... Then one line down, the author uses the lake to represent death: “(The photograph was taken/the day after I drowned”(15-16). ... The author is describing the tree in the photograph to show us the reality of nature throughout the poem. ... The author is literally describing the photograph in this quotation. ... The author uses many technical devices to let “This is a Photograph of Myself” unfold.