Analysis of “Where Does the Temple Begin. Where Does It End?” by Mary Oliver
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FPEL EEAL0560 Poetry Project File
Analysis of “Where Does the Temple Begin. Where does it end?” by Mary Oliver
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Name: Eman Amer Salim AL-amri .
ID Number:102400.
Section: 350 .
Submitted to : Nicholas Hilmers.
Where Does the Temple Begin,
Where Does It End?
There are things you can’t reach.
But you can reach out to them, and all day long.
The wind, the bird flying away.
The idea of God.
And it can keep you as busy as anything else, and happier.
The snake slides away; the fish jumps, like a little lily, out of the water and back in; the goldfinches sing from the unreachable top of the tree.
I look; morning to night I am never done with looking.
Looking I mean not just standing around, but standing around as though with your arms open.
And thinking: maybe something will come, some shining coil of wind,
or a few leaves from any old tree –they are all in this too.
And now I will tell you the truth.
Everything in the world comes.
At least, closer.
And, cordially.
Like the nibbling, tinsel-eyed fish; the unlooping snake.
Like goldfinches, little dolls of gold fluttering around the corner of the sky
of God, the blue air.
Glossary:
Lily: “type of plant that grows from a bulb and that has large white or coloured flowers”.
Finch: “is a small bird with strong beak”.
The poem where does the temple begin, where does it end? Was Written by Mary Oliver and Published in 2004 by Beacon Press in the book Why I Wake early. Mary Oliver is one of the most famous American poets. She was born s on September 10, 1935 Maple Heights, Ohio. Her job is poet and she has taught at several universities. Furthermore she won the Pulitzer Prize in 1984 the L. L. Win ship/PEN New England Award in 1990 and the National Book Award in 1992, and her essays appeared in Best American Essays 1996, 1998 and 2001.( www.wikipedia.org) Oliver loves nature and it inspiration and describes the sense of wonder it instills
FPEL EEAL0560 Poetry Project File
Analysis of “Where Does the Temple Begin. Where does it end?” by Mary Oliver
[pic]
Name: Eman Amer Salim AL-amri .
ID Number:102400.
Section: 350 .
Submitted to : Nicholas Hilmers.
Where Does the Temple Begin,
Where Does It End?
There are things you can’t reach.
But you can reach out to them, and all day long.
The wind, the bird flying away.
The idea of God.
And it can keep you as busy as anything else, and happier.
The snake slides away; the fish jumps, like a little lily, out of the water and back in; the goldfinches sing from the unreachable top of the tree.
I look; morning to night I am never done with looking.
Looking I mean not just standing around, but standing around as though with your arms open.
And thinking: maybe something will come, some shining coil of wind,
or a few leaves from any old tree –they are all in this too.
And now I will tell you the truth.
Everything in the world comes.
At least, closer.
And, cordially.
Like the nibbling, tinsel-eyed fish; the unlooping snake.
Like goldfinches, little dolls of gold fluttering around the corner of the sky
of God, the blue air.
Glossary:
Lily: “type of plant that grows from a bulb and that has large white or coloured flowers”.
Finch: “is a small bird with strong beak”.
The poem where does the temple begin, where does it end? Was Written by Mary Oliver and Published in 2004 by Beacon Press in the book Why I Wake early. Mary Oliver is one of the most famous American poets. She was born s on September 10, 1935 Maple Heights, Ohio. Her job is poet and she has taught at several universities. Furthermore she won the Pulitzer Prize in 1984 the L. L. Win ship/PEN New England Award in 1990 and the National Book Award in 1992, and her essays appeared in Best American Essays 1996, 1998 and 2001.( www.wikipedia.org) Oliver loves nature and it inspiration and describes the sense of wonder it instills
Bibliography: Oxford dictionary Oxford University Press 2006 printed in china www.panhala.net/Archive/Index.htmlRetrieved on 19112012 (the poem) Retrieved on 21112012 www.wikipedia.org Retrieved on 24112012 Oliver is book” Why I Wake early” www.amazon.com Retrieved by Tina Silva on 1122012 collection of Oliver is poems http://rinabeana.com/poemoftheday/index.php/category/mary-oliver Retrieved on 3122012 an article by Ratner Rochelle written on Apr 15, 2006 www.connection.ebscohost.com Retrieved on 12122012 Image for Oliver www.google.com [pic]