ADAM-SANTOS, STEPHANIE. “Mary Oliver’s ‘Wild Geese.’” SharkPackPoetry. 4 March 2014. https://sharkpackpoetry.com/2014/03/04/mary-olivers-wild-geese/
This post is an in-depth analysis that touches on the deeper meanings beyond Mary Oliver’s “Wild Geese.” Adams goes further than most when she mentions how Oliver’s poem deviates from the standard Judeo-Christian code of human belonging and human nature itself. Overall, this post hits heavily on the fact that Oliver has once again tried to bring her readers into more of naturalistic point of view. This source appears to be credible because all the contributors are well-educated and well-versed in analyzing literature. I chose to use this post because the thorough analysis brought to light some …show more content…
Oliver is definitely a spiritualistic person—she spoke of her hopes that maybe her sense of wonder would bring about a certain amount of respect that so many people seem to be lacking. Paying attention to the natural world around her is an everyday occurrence for Mary Oliver, and she hopes that her poetry will provoke others to consider her point of view. Alma Tassi posted this scholarly interview to Galileo, and is indeed a credible source. This source is useful because it provides an inside look to who Mary Oliver is as a person; this new understanding helps me understand more of what she was trying to say through “Wild …show more content…
Mary Oliver touched on this issue throughout her poems to give the harm that abuse caused a name and to reclaim active responsibility of one’s mental health; “Wild Geese” might be considered one of her most well-known poems that deal with this issue. Winslow connects some of the lines in the poem with the actions of dealing with blame, guilt, and isolation and reconnecting oneself to the world around them. This is a credible source that can be found through Galileo’s search engine. This source is extremely useful to me, because it gives me somewhat of a backdrop for “Wild Geese”; the connection between an abusive past and this evocative poem is quite
This post is an in-depth analysis that touches on the deeper meanings beyond Mary Oliver’s “Wild Geese.” Adams goes further than most when she mentions how Oliver’s poem deviates from the standard Judeo-Christian code of human belonging and human nature itself. Overall, this post hits heavily on the fact that Oliver has once again tried to bring her readers into more of naturalistic point of view. This source appears to be credible because all the contributors are well-educated and well-versed in analyzing literature. I chose to use this post because the thorough analysis brought to light some …show more content…
Oliver is definitely a spiritualistic person—she spoke of her hopes that maybe her sense of wonder would bring about a certain amount of respect that so many people seem to be lacking. Paying attention to the natural world around her is an everyday occurrence for Mary Oliver, and she hopes that her poetry will provoke others to consider her point of view. Alma Tassi posted this scholarly interview to Galileo, and is indeed a credible source. This source is useful because it provides an inside look to who Mary Oliver is as a person; this new understanding helps me understand more of what she was trying to say through “Wild …show more content…
Mary Oliver touched on this issue throughout her poems to give the harm that abuse caused a name and to reclaim active responsibility of one’s mental health; “Wild Geese” might be considered one of her most well-known poems that deal with this issue. Winslow connects some of the lines in the poem with the actions of dealing with blame, guilt, and isolation and reconnecting oneself to the world around them. This is a credible source that can be found through Galileo’s search engine. This source is extremely useful to me, because it gives me somewhat of a backdrop for “Wild Geese”; the connection between an abusive past and this evocative poem is quite