Aesthetics of "Habitation" by Margaret Atwood

I love the image that this poem, by Atwood, gives. To me, she is portraying what it is like to be married, and all the hardships that the couple are facing, and then, despite all that, they still can keep the "fire," the love, that keeps them together, and helps them get through all the troubles, the "desert." The way this poem is structured, gives me the image of distorted memories of things that the couple have been through, and what they have had to overcome; each time a new line begins, a new memory begins, especially in the second stanza. There is also quite a bit of imagery in this poem, even if the images are abstract, and the only really solid image that Atwood gives the reader is the couple sitting on the back stairs, outside, eating popcorn. The images that Atwood creates, also depicts very strong emotions that the narrator is feeling, like how it can be isolating, like "the edge of the forest", or an argument can be as heated as "the edge of the desert." I also like how Atwood states that its the people that make the marriage, and all the struggles and victories that the couple shares together, not just the things that the couple seem to have, like their house, or a tent, or even the back stairs where they eat their popcorn. Overall, this poem conveys the true meaning of a marriage, and how these things can relate to nature and the world surrounding said couple.