Commentary on "A Sad Child"

In, "A Sad Child" Margret Atwood uses diction and cataloguing to support the struggles of womanhood. By using the word chocie, Atwood builds up two tones, a sarcastic forgetful one displayed in the beginning of the poem, and a compassionate wise one at the end. Throughout the entire poem Atwood supports what she is trying to say by repeating the word "sad" or "sadness" throughout the poem relating to the subject - women.
Atwood uses the diction to show that women are oppressed, as they have been throughout history. She shows that women bring this upon themselves and enforce the idea, as society has originally placed in their heads, when in stanza three she states, "[you] said to yourself in the bathroom, I am not the favorite child."
Atwood then uses diction and cataloguing to show what people generally feel or the way they act towards this emotional sadness women may generally express. She shows this in the beginning stanzas when she states, "Its psychic. It's the age. It's chemical, Go see a shrink or take a pill," and these happen to be man "cures" society may give for this emotional sadness women have brought upon them by society and history and then eventually, themselves. She also states, "but a hat. Buy a coat or pet. Take up dancing to forget," giving the idea that happiness can be brought and will easily make this sadness go away. She states these words to show how society doesn't take women seriously when they express this sadness which seems to be what Atwood is commenting on when she speaks of the subject, women, as a "child" or in general children when she states "all children are sad". When children are sad, they are usually not taken seriously because adults feel they might have actual serious problems.
In using diction and cataloguing, Atwood has been able to display a poem showing the difficulties women have had to face in their history, and what women have had to face in their individual lifetimes.