In the poem, The Black Walnut Tree, Mary Oliver uses a multitude of literary devices. By employing these devices in the poem, she is able to delineate that her and her mother are trying to find a way to pay the mortgage on their house without having to sell the family’s “black walnut tree.” Both the author and her mother agree that selling the tree is a repugnant idea and are both disregarding the unspoken thought.
To start things off, In the poem, Mary Oliver displays the use of a metaphor in the poem when referring to the “roots in the cellar drains.” She utilizes a part of the “Black Walnut Tree,” the “roots,” to represent the family and its traditions. Oliver chooses this metaphor in the poem to represent her family and her traditions
To start things off, In the poem, Mary Oliver displays the use of a metaphor in the poem when referring to the “roots in the cellar drains.” She utilizes a part of the “Black Walnut Tree,” the “roots,” to represent the family and its traditions. Oliver chooses this metaphor in the poem to represent her family and her traditions