The Summer Day By Mary Oliver

Throughout time poetry and other forms of literature have been used to express the emotions of the author, which in turn would allow for the reader to feel what the author was trying to evoke. Poets however have always been strong at evoking their readers emotions. Subversive poets can use language to create meaning by using metaphors or imagery to help the oppressed readers feel empowered which in turn allows for the reader to feel strong subversive emotions.

The type of language or methods that subversive poets use are metaphors and imagery to allow for the reader to connect and also to bring out subversive feeling in the reader. In the poem The Summer Day, Mary Oliver articulates “ who made the world? Who made the swan, and the black bear? Who made the grasshopper? This grasshopper, I mean
In the poem Like you by Roque Dalton articulates “ And that my veins don't end in me, but in the unanimous blood, of those who struggle for life, love, little things, landscape and bread, the poetry of everyone” Dalton was explaining in a subversive way that in order to be able enjoy life one must unite and stand up to the oppressor that is taking what belongs to them naturally away. In the poem Be Nobody’s Darling, Alice Walker articulates “ Be nobody’s darling; Be an outcast, Take your contradictions, Of your life, And wrap them around, You like a shawl, To parry stones, To keep you warm” Walker was attempting to explain her feelings by telling the readers of her poem that they do not have to do what one's oppressor expects them to do, just how she decided that she did not have to follow the crowd even if it meant that she would be seen as an odd person. Walker explains how she lived her life in the way that made her happy and the message she conveys to her reader is to live your life in the way that makes one happy, and not the