Walnut

"The Black Walnut Tree" is a contention between the strict and non-literal, the down to earth and wistful. In an obvious actuality, verging on contemptuous tone, the mother and daughter discuss cutting downed selling the tree to pay off their home loan. In any case, with a move to more metaphorical dialect comes a change to a more typical perspective of the black walnut tree: it is an image of their family legacy and father's work, and however the home loan measures overwhelming, chopping down the tree would be a kind of dishonorable double-crossing. "The Black Walnut Tree" is composed in free verse and clear, open vocabulary, which is most purported toward the starting: “My mother and I debate: we could sell / the black walnut tree /to the lumberman / and pay off the mortgage.” It is stated casually and the symbolic meaning the tree had later in the poem is currently unknown or, more likely, suppressed. The two women attempt to justify their plan, claiming “likely some storm anyway / will churn down its dark boughs / smashing the house.” In addition, roots are creeping onto the cellar, and the crop of walnuts is growing increasingly large. Their tore, however though slightly reluctant and grasping for justification is practical and logical. Be that as it may,…

My family and I have visited Brackenridge Park for many years now, beginning from a time where my line of vision extended only a few feet off the ground to the beginning of my time at university. Granted, my height might not have changed much, but time certainly has. Brackenridge Park easily surpassed the dreaded McAllister Park (dreaded because as a child, I hated nothing more than spending hours walking through the never-ending park in the middle of the burning heat that Satan himself would…

On 04/28/17, I was dispatched to 1903 W. Walnut in reference to a possible shooting that occurred. I arrived on scene and contacted the caller who was identified as Duane Henline. Henline informed me the back of his house was just shot. He informed me no one was struck or hurt from the incident. Henline walked me to the back of the house that appeared to be a living room. When I got to the room I observed on the north wall to the west section of the room was a window with two bullet holes. I…

Envision you 're secured in the cell, and don 't know whether you 'll ever get out. Three times each day, a nourishment plate slides in through a space in the entryway; when that happens, you may quickly observe a hand, or trade a couple words with a watch. It is your lone human contact for the day. A couple times each week, you are permitted an hour of single practice in a fenced or walled yard about an indistinguishable size from your cell. The yard is vacant and the dividers hinder your view,…

There is no other place in North Carolina that has better concerts than the Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion also known as Walnut Creek Amphitheater. Concerts of all kinds of musical genres play at Walnut Creek. This concerts happen year round, the most popular concerts occur during the summer when high school and college students are out of school. Walnut Creek has always been a place that people can go and enjoy good music whether 10-75 years old. Walnut Creek Amphitheater allows too much…

I, Officer Thomas CROSS, was monitoring the traffic signals on Ohio River Blvd. while positioned on Walnut Street. At 1743hours, I observed a white box truck traveling South. The traffic control signal changed to a steady green light for Walnut Street and I observed the actor vehicle enter the intersection without slowing. It should be noted that the traffic control device on Walnut Street was a steady green light for nearly three (3) seconds. After the truck committed a violation, I observed a…

In doing my reading and researching the situation regarding criminals and the number of individuals and the dramatic increase since 1970, I was surprised to learn to what great degrees that the jails and prisons where so overcrowded. The United States has 5% of the world population, yet houses 20% of all of the people incarcerated in the world.( aclu internet). In chapter Eleven of our text book Criminal Justice in Action; The core I learned that the Walnut street prison located in…

Kerensa, The semester has slipped by disturbingly fast. Hopefully it's not just because I'm getting older -- the school year lasted forever when I was little. The weather has been weird: mildest winter on record with the largest snow storm of the year coming in late march. And yes, it did snow last week. I've been laid low for the past two weeks with a horrific case of strep (I havn't been able to speak for days), and I went outside for the first time in a few days and found that the trees…

In the poem “The Black Walnut Tree” Mary Oliver writes about a black walnut tree that means a lot to a family who has little money. She conveys the relationship between the tree and the family by using figurative language such as similes, and metaphors. She also uses imagery and personification throughout the poem. Oliver uses similes to emphasize the relationship between the tree and the family. In her poem she uses the simile and metaphor in lines 16-18, “But something brighter than…

Mary Oliver’s poem “The Black Walnut Tree” portrays a beatiful comparison between a Black Walnut tree and our lives struggles. She cleverly uses metaphor to show how life’s struggles are just like that of a tree, as well as using logos and ethos to persuade the audience that the tree is indeed like family. Subliminal metaphor is one figurative language tool that is used in this poem. Oliver never outright states that the old tree in the families backyard is like life, but the symbolism is fairly…