Words, the way we convey thoughts, ideas, and the very essence of who we are. Words can construct something very beautiful or they can irradiate that same thing in a very instant. This unique stance is held very clearly in Galway Kinnell’s poem Blackberry Eating. Kinnell utilizes the use of metaphors to compare each aspect of the luscious blackberry to the beauty of words. This lusciousness of words can either be shown in the direct meaning of the word or the broken down deeper meaning sometimes in a word. After further reading, it became clear to me that Kinnell views words as an opportunity to experience new worlds and tastes. Kinnell also uses a descriptive imagery to show that how every blackberry is sweet, so are words sweet to him. Virginia
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Its form, that of nature lyric replete with intimate observations of the beauty and bounty of the wild, displays Romanticism in the exaltation of detail and in the relationship imposed by its comparison of the speaker’s sensory interaction with the physical world to his spiritual interaction with his own inner world.” This quote goes on to further state her point about Kinnell's absolute adoration for nature and goes into great detail about Kinnell connects the reader on a more spiritual level to nature. Later on in the passage Starrett connects Kinnell’s words with the with nature by stating “When Kinnell writes of the blackberry stalks “knowing the black art of blackberry-making” and later describes “the silent, startled, icy, black language of blackberry-eating,” he is hinting at a metaphysical philosophy of a kind of Jungian collective unconscious that employs sensory, or even sensual, experience as its messengers.” This quote further presents Starrett’s case by giving this last connection between the beauty of nature and giving the reader a deeper connection to nature's …show more content…
Kinnell displays this thought when he says “and as I stand among them lifting the stalks to my mouth, the ripest berries fall almost unbidden to my tongue, as words sometimes do…”. With this thought, you can clearly see Kinnell's fascination with words and nature connecting the words to the ripest
Its form, that of nature lyric replete with intimate observations of the beauty and bounty of the wild, displays Romanticism in the exaltation of detail and in the relationship imposed by its comparison of the speaker’s sensory interaction with the physical world to his spiritual interaction with his own inner world.” This quote goes on to further state her point about Kinnell's absolute adoration for nature and goes into great detail about Kinnell connects the reader on a more spiritual level to nature. Later on in the passage Starrett connects Kinnell’s words with the with nature by stating “When Kinnell writes of the blackberry stalks “knowing the black art of blackberry-making” and later describes “the silent, startled, icy, black language of blackberry-eating,” he is hinting at a metaphysical philosophy of a kind of Jungian collective unconscious that employs sensory, or even sensual, experience as its messengers.” This quote further presents Starrett’s case by giving this last connection between the beauty of nature and giving the reader a deeper connection to nature's …show more content…
Kinnell displays this thought when he says “and as I stand among them lifting the stalks to my mouth, the ripest berries fall almost unbidden to my tongue, as words sometimes do…”. With this thought, you can clearly see Kinnell's fascination with words and nature connecting the words to the ripest