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Wild Geese Analysis
Oliver's "Wild Geese"
Mary Oliver is an American poet who explores an individual's relationship with nature through her work. Oliver's poetry has been described as "an excellent antidote for the excesses of civilization for too much flurry and inattention, and the baroque conventions of our social and professional lives. She is a poet of wisdom and generosity whose vision allows us to look intimately at a world not of our making" (Mary Oliver, n.d.). In "Wild Geese," Oliver uses imagery, content, and form to explore the relationship between an individual and nature.
In "Wild Geese" (1986), Oliver use of imagery helps to establish the bond that she is advocating between individuals and nature. The first six lines of the poem focus on the individual and establish that the individual...
These introductory lines do not describe nature, but rather help to demonstrate the only thing that a person has to do is be willing to open themselves and "let the soft animal of your body/love what it loves" (lines 4-5). Oliver makes it a point to state that regardless of an individual's "despairs" the world is a separate entity and will continue to turn. The purity of nature can be seen in the descriptive words that Oliver uses such as "clear pebbles of rain" and "clean blue air" (lines 8, 12). By using "clear" and "clean," Oliver states that nature is pure and that it does not have its despairs like people do, but rather continues to move on. However, Oliver's descriptive language is very limited and she does not go beyond listing natural features such as landscapes, prairies, mountains, and rivers; the only thing in nature, besides the sky and rain that Oliver gives more description to are the "deep trees" (line 10). Perhaps this is to demonstrate the simplicity of nature and juxtapose it against the complexity of life that an individual may experience.
"Wild Geese" also attempts to demonstrate the…
References
Mary Oliver. (n.d.). Poets.org. Accessed 7 April 2012 from, http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/265
Oliver, M. (1986). Wild Geese. Dream Work. Accessed 7 April 2012 from, http://peacefulrivers.homestead.com/maryoliver.html#anchor_14792
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