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    Mary Oliver - Wild Geese

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    landscapes‚ - 8 over the prairies and the deep trees‚ - 9 the mountains and the rivers. - 7 Meanwhile the wild geese‚ high in the clean blue air‚ - 11 are heading home again. – 6 While you lose hope the world keeps on going‚ the wild geese keep on flying. Whoever you are‚ no matter how lonely‚ - 11 the world offers itself to your imagination‚ - 13 calls to you like the wild geese‚ harsh and exciting - 12 over and over announcing your place - 10 in the family of things. – 7 No matter how

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    The poem "Wild Geese" by Mary Oliver (pg 40) immediately grabbed my attention after reading the first line: You do not have to be good. It’s effective how the first word is “you‚” because it really feels like the author is speaking directly to the reader. The message that Oliver tries to get across is that we have to let the soft animal of our body love what it loves to love. In other words‚ we must not worry so much about society’s approval‚ but rather focus more on ourselves and taking advantage

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    The gentle‚ tone in Oliver’s poem “Wild Geese” is extremely encouraging‚ speaking straight to the reader. In this particular poem‚ the lines don’t rhyme‚ however it is still harmonious in not only rhythm but repetition as well. Take note of the rhythm in the lines starting with the word “You”: “You do not have to be good‚” “You do not have to walk‚” “You only have to let.” This rhythm is also heard in the lines starting with the word “Meanwhile”: “Meanwhile the world goes on‚” “Meanwhile the sun

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    Wild Geese

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    Many believe by learning from the past‚ to move forward to the future. Mary Oliver’s poem‚ “Wild Geese‚” motivates individuals to join their past with the future in order to bring out the best in themselves. “Wild Geese” first appeared in Oliver’s Dream Work‚ published in 1986. This poem is one out of forty-five poems in Dream Work that encourages self-awareness. She explores the association between nature and the human mind—how the mind transcends through memories‚ separating us from society. She

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    Wild geese analysis

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    Mary Oliver’s “Wild Geese” focuses on the beauty of life as well as surviving its everyday challenges and difficulties. It is a perfect mix of both the underlying and the obvious meanings. The poem is in free-verse so punctuations are used sparingly throughout the poem but enough commas are distributed on areas where there should be a slight “pause”; significantly chosen words are placed individually per line. The 1st line “You do not have to be good” (Oliver 1) marks the obvious soulful

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    Mary Oliver

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    Mary Oliver In Mary Oliver’s award winning book‚ “Blue Pastures”‚ Oliver states three qualities that makes up an artist. The first quality is to be extraordinary and never ordinary. Also‚ break loose from time and the craziness of the world today to reach the inner child. Another quality is to find a place of solitude so creativity can flow uninterrupted. Oliver exhibited all three qualities and more. She is truly an artist. Oliver talks of the normal things in life that must be done. Dishes

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    Wild Geese Analysis

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    Cruel nature of Caleb gare Wild Geese is a novel written by Martha Ostenso. The motive of paternal dominance and tyranny imposed by Caleb Gare is clearly felt throughout the whole novel. He is driven by his desire to get more land and therefore more money. Therefore he does not only tyrannize his family‚ but also his neighbours. Devoting all his life to just one materialistic goal‚ to acquire as much land as possible‚ Caleb uses his possessions to show his power and therefore possessions become

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    Mary Oliver

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    "Traveling Through the Dark‚" by William Strafford and "The Black Snake‚" by Mary Oliver use animals to express their thoughts in these poems. The animals play an important role in determining what the writers want to convey through its function‚ the relation between the speaker and animal‚ as well as the tone of the poem. Strafford does a great job of illustrating the function of the animal in "Traveling Through the Dark." The deer is dead on the side of the road from a hit and run and the speaker

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    Wild Geese Poem Analysis

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    Wild Geese This poem [Wild Geese] is an unusual poem. Instead of following the usual guidelines of a poem (ABABAB‚ AABBAA‚ Haiku‚ etc.) it deviates‚ to the point at which it loses the luster of a song and gains that of a statement. And even though such statement has no rhythm‚ nor explainable format‚ our brains are tricked into reading it with a softer voice‚ similar to the voice one spares for a child’s nursery rhymes. Regardless of how it is presented‚ Wild Geese is a motivational poem‚ and that

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    Mary Oliver Dualism

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    1. Discuss the way Oliver’s nature poems can be read as political- questioning the hierarchies and dualisms underpinning Western cultures. Mary Oliver’s poems that explore nature can also be read as political as they question the dualisms and hierarchies that form strong foundations in Western cultures. Through the emergence of the patriarchy (a Western ideology) over 5000 years ago‚ traditional epistemological paradigms of Western society have been based on dualisms. Through patriarchal ideology

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