poetry analysis

In the short poem, “Wild Geese”, Mary Oliver speaks to the reader through the poem informing the reader that being good doesn’t matter. That we all make mistakes in life and we all have regret. Olihat what matters is that we don’t spend all our tiur imagination and free us from our anguish anorld has to offer. Oliver compares human emotions to nature itself and creates

In the first stanza, Mary Oliver uses imagery and a hyperbole to get her meaning across. In the first line, Oliver informs the reader that they do not have to be a perfect person that makes no mistakes, “you do not have to be good.” (1), commencing the poem with a soulful mood. She then explains to the reader that they “…do not have to walk on your knees / for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting…” (2-3), and continues the soulful mood until the next line, “You only have to let the soft animal of your body/ love what it loves.” (4-5), giving the readerkjndivcjbribjuevuvrbvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv- vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv r ri r aeir vaervuri vIWERUVAERIVUBAERVPIAEURBKRB SFMGB SR;LJTB TJ ;EJ ;JTBK;JAETR'BJ AERMBAJE bsk;jr bdn thbhd ytbn rtb h tb nsrgbk atrh bsrtbkrtbr htbrt b rlst bIn the short poem, “Wild Geese”, Mary Oliver speaks to the reader through the poem informing the reader that being good doesn’t matter. That we all make mistakes in life and we all have regret. Olihat what matters is that we don’t spend all our tiur imagination and free us from our anguish anorld has to offer. Oliver compares human emotions to nature itself and creates

In the first stanza, Mary Oliver uses imagery and a hyperbole to get her meaning across. In the first line, Oliver informs the reader that they do not have to be a perfect person that makes no mistakes, “you do not have to be good.” (1), commencing the poem with a soulful mood. She then explains to the reader that they “…do not have to walk on your knees / for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting…” (2-3), and continues the soulful mood until the next line, “You only have to let the soft animal of your body/ love what it loves.” (4-5), giving the readerkjndivcjbribjuevuvrbvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv- vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv r ri r aeir vaervuri vIWERUVAERIVUBAERVPIAEURBKRB SFMGB SR;LJTB TJ ;EJ ;JTBK;JAETR'BJ AERMBAJE bsk;jr bdn thbhd ytbn rtb h tb nsrgbk atrh bsrtbkrtbr htbrt b rlst bIn the short poem, “Wild Geese”, Mary Oliver speaks to the reader through the poem informing the reader that being good doesn’t matter. That we all make mistakes in life and we all have regret. Olihat what matters is that we don’t spend all our tiur imagination and free us from our anguish anorld has to offer. Oliver compares human emotions to nature itself and creates

In the first stanza, Mary Oliver uses imagery and a hyperbole to get her meaning across. In the first line, Oliver informs the reader that they do not have to be a perfect person that makes no mistakes, “you do not have to be good.” (1), commencing the poem with a soulful mood. She then explains to the reader that they “…do not have to walk on your knees / for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting…” (2-3), and continues the soulful mood until the next line, “You only have to let the soft animal of your body/ love what it loves.” (4-5), giving the readerkjndivcjbribjuevuvrbvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv- vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv r ri r aeir vaervuri vIWERUVAERIVUBAERVPIAEURBKRBIn the short poem, “Wild Geese”, Mary Oliver speaks to the reader through the poem informing the reader that being good doesn’t matter. That we all make mistakes in life and we all have regret. Olihat what matters is that we don’t spend all our tiur imagination and free us from our anguish anorld has to offer. Oliver compares human emotions to nature itself and creates

In the first stanza, Mary Oliver uses imagery and a hyperbole to get her meaning across. In the first line, Oliver informs the reader that they do not have to be a perfect person that makes no mistakes, “you do not have to be good.” (1), commencing the poem with a soulful mood. She then explains to the reader that they “…do not have to walk on your knees / for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting…” (2-3), and continues the soulful mood until the next line, “You only have to let the soft animal of your body/ love what it loves.” (4-5), giving the readerkjndivcjbribjuevuvrbvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv- vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv r ri r aeir vaervuri vIWERUVAERIVUBAERVPIAEURBKRB SFMGB SR;LJTB TJ ;EJ In the short poem, “Wild Geese”, Mary Oliver speaks to the reader through the poem informing the reader that being good doesn’t matter. That we all make mistakes in life and we all have regret. Olihat what matters is that we don’t spend all our tiur imagination and free us from our anguish anorld has to offer. Oliver compares human emotions to nature itself and creates

In the first stanza, Mary Oliver uses imagery and a hyperbole to get her meaning across. In the first line, Oliver informs the reader that they do not have to be a perfect person that makes no mistakes, “you do not have to be good.” (1), commencing the poem with a soulful mood. She then explains to the reader that they “…do not have to walk on your knees / for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting…” (2-3), and continues the soulful mood until the next line, “You only have to let the soft animal of your body/ love what it loves.” (4-5), giving the readerkjndivcjbribjuevuvrbvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv- vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv r ri r aeir vaervuri vIWERUVAERIVUBAERVPIAEURBKRB SFMGB SR;LJTB TJ ;EJ ;JTBK;JAETR'BJ AERMBAJE bsk;jr bdn thbhd ytbn rtb h tb nsrgbk atrh bsrtbkrtbr htbrt b rlst b;JTBK;JAETR'BJ AERMBAJE bsk;jr bdn thbhdIn the short poem, “Wild Geese”, Mary Oliver speaks to the reader through the poem informing the reader that being good doesn’t matter. That we all make mistakes in life and we all have regret. Olihat what matters is that we don’t spend all our tiur imagination and free us from our anguish anorld has to offer. Oliver compares human emotions to nature itself and creates

In the first stanza, Mary Oliver uses imagery and a hyperbole to get her meaning across. In the first line, Oliver informs the reader that they do not have to be a perfect person that makes no mistakes, “you do not have to be good.” (1), commencing the poem with a soulful mood. She then explains to the reader that they “…do not have to walk on your knees / for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting…” (2-3), and continues the soulful mood until the next line, “You only have to let the soft animIn the short poem, “Wild Geese”, Mary Oliver speaks to the reader through the poem informing the reader that being good doesn’t matter. That we all make mistakes in life and we all have regret. Olihat what matters is that we don’t spend all our tiur imagination and free us from our anguish anorld has to offer. Oliver compares human emotions to nature itself and creates

In the first stanza, Mary Oliver uses imagery and a hyperbole to get her meaning across. In the first line, Oliver informs the reader that they do not have to be a perfect person that makes no mistakes, “you do not have to be good.” (1), commencing the poem with a soulful mood. She then explains to the reader that they “…do not have to walk on your knees / for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting…” (2-3), and continues the soulful mood until the next line, “You only have to let the soft animal of your body/ love what it loves.” (4-5), giving the readerkjndivcjbribjuevuvrbvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv- vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv r ri r aeir vaervuri vIWERUVAERIVUBAERVPIAEURBKRB SFMGB SR;LJTB TJ ;EJ ;JTBK;JAETR'BJ AERMBAJEIn the short poem, “Wild Geese”, Mary Oliver speaks to the reader through the poem informing the reader that being good doesn’t matter. That we all make mistakes in life and we all have regret. Olihat what matters is that we don’t spend all our tiur imagination and free us from our anguish anorld has to offer. Oliver compares human emotions to nature itself and creates

In the first stanza, Mary Oliver uses imagery and a hyperbole to get her meaning across. In the first line, Oliver informs the reader that they do not have to be a perfect person that makes no mistakes, “you do not have to be good.” (1), commencing the poem with a soulful mood. She then explains to the reader that they “…do not have to walk on your knees / for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting…” (2-3), and continues the soulful mood until the next line, “You only have to let the soft animal of your body/ love what it loves.” (4-5), giving the readerkjndivcjbribjuevuvrbvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv- vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv r ri r aeir vaervuri vIWERUVAERIVUBAERVPIAEURBKRB SFMGB SR;LJTB TJ ;EIn the short poem, “Wild Geese”, Mary Oliver speaks to the reader through the poem informing the reader that being good doesn’t matter. That we all make mistakes in life and we all have regret. Olihat what matters is that we don’t spend all our tiur imagination and free us from our anguish anorld has to offer. Oliver compares human emotions to nature itself and creates

In the first stanza, Mary Oliver uses imagery and a hyperbole to get her meaning across. In the first line, Oliver informs the reader that they do not have to be a perfect person that makes no mistakes, “you do not have to be good.” (1), commencing the poem with a soulful mood. She then explains to the reader that they “…do not have to walk on your knees / for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting…” (2-3), and continues the soulful mood until the next line, “You only have to let the soft animal of your body/ love what it loves.” (4-5), giving the readerkjndivcjbribjuevuvrbvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv- vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv r ri r aeir vaervuri vIWERUVAERIVUBAERVPIAEURBKRB SFMGB SR;LJTB TJ ;EJ ;JTBK;JAETR'BJ AERMBAJE bsk;jr bdn thbhd ytbn rtb h tb nsrgbk atrh bsrtbkrtbr htbrt b rlst bJ ;JTBK;JAETR'BJ AERMBAJE bsk;jr bdn thbhd ytbn rIn the short poem, “Wild Geese”, Mary Oliver speaks to the reader through the poem informing the reader that being good doesn’t matter. That we all make mistakes in life and we all have regret. Olihat what matters is that we don’t spend all our tiur imagination and free us from our anguish anorld has to offer. Oliver compares human emotions to nature itself and creates

In the first stanza, Mary Oliver uses imagery and a hyperbole to get her meaning across. In the first line, Oliver informs the reader that they do not have to be a perfect person that makes no mistakes, “you do not have to be good.” (1), commencing the poem with a soulful mood. She then explains to the reader that they “…do not have to walk on your knees / for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting…” (2-3), and continues the soulful mood until the next line, “You only have to let the soft animal of your body/ love what it loves.” (4-5), giving the readerkjndivcjbribjuevuvrbvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv- vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv r ri r aeir vaervuri vIWERUVAERIVUBAERVPIAEURBKRB SFMGB SR;LJTB TJ ;EJ ;JTBK;JAETR'BJ AERMBAJE bsk;jr bdn thbhd ytbn rtb h tb nsrgbk atrh bsrtbkrtbr htbrt b rlst btb h tb nsrgbk atrh bsrtbkrtbr htbrt b rlst b bsk;jr bdn thbhd ytbn rtb h tb nsrgbk atrh bsrtbkrtbr htbrt b rlst bal of your body/ love what it loves.” (4-5), giving the readerkjndivcjbribjuevuvrbvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv- vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv r ri r aeir vaervuri vIWERUVAERIVUBAERVPIAEURBKRB SFMGB SR;LJTB TJ ;EJ ;JTBK;JAETR'BJ AERMBAJE bsk;jr bdn thbhd ytbn rtb h tb nsrgbk atrh bsrtbkrtbr htbrt b rlst b ytbn rtb h tb nsrgbk atrh bsrtbkrtbr htbrt b rlst b SFMGB SR;LJTB TJ ;EJ ;JTBK;JAETR'BJ AERMBAJE bsk;jr bdn thbhd ytbn rtb h tb nsrgbk atrh bsrtbkrtbr htbrt b rlst b