Inexplicitly, the narrator states how nature can be both beautiful and deadly through her experience with the alligator. The alligator’s actions are described with vicious comparisons, for example flailing it’s tail like a “bundle of swords” and “crushing everything in its path.” These are some great utilization of similes so the reader can picture the ferociousness of the alligator. The narrator is puzzled because she is only quenching her thirst at a river and suddenly this animal threatens her presence. With the other essays that we’ve read in mind, and the theme of nature’s vulnarability against humans, I believe the narrator initially doesn’t realize she is invading on the alligator’s home. Alligators typically live in freshwater environments
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The color white is associated with goodness and innocence and we can derive from that what the narrator’s intentions were when describing the birds as such. After her encounter with the alligator, the narrator develops a new sense of appreciation for nature. The tone shifts from fearful and uncertain to an attitude of awe and recognition. Reading this poem, Muir’s “A Wind-Storm in the Forest” essay came to mind because both narrators witness the true beauty of nature after a dangerous event. Muir sees tranquility of the forest in the aftermath of the storm, meanwhile the narrator of “Alligator Poem” sees the flowers in a way she never thought of before (“glitter[ing] like fire”). After reading the poem to the end, we come to realize that although alligators can be deadly, they have no agenda to harm anyone or anything without reason. They are beautiful in their own way because they are trying to survive and coexist with the rest of nature. Majority of alligators live and eat in freshwater and if it feels as though its home is being threatened, it has equal right to protect it. Just as we humans feel obliged to use physical force when our property is being exploited by outsiders. I guess one theme we can derive from this is the equality of everything on earth, whether its humans, animals, or plants. A good binary for this poem is uncertainty versus
The color white is associated with goodness and innocence and we can derive from that what the narrator’s intentions were when describing the birds as such. After her encounter with the alligator, the narrator develops a new sense of appreciation for nature. The tone shifts from fearful and uncertain to an attitude of awe and recognition. Reading this poem, Muir’s “A Wind-Storm in the Forest” essay came to mind because both narrators witness the true beauty of nature after a dangerous event. Muir sees tranquility of the forest in the aftermath of the storm, meanwhile the narrator of “Alligator Poem” sees the flowers in a way she never thought of before (“glitter[ing] like fire”). After reading the poem to the end, we come to realize that although alligators can be deadly, they have no agenda to harm anyone or anything without reason. They are beautiful in their own way because they are trying to survive and coexist with the rest of nature. Majority of alligators live and eat in freshwater and if it feels as though its home is being threatened, it has equal right to protect it. Just as we humans feel obliged to use physical force when our property is being exploited by outsiders. I guess one theme we can derive from this is the equality of everything on earth, whether its humans, animals, or plants. A good binary for this poem is uncertainty versus