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    Brooke Herr AP English III 3A Mary Oliver shows both the beautiful and terrifying aspects of nature in “Owls”. She uses a variety of rhetorical questions to show her style throughout the entire passage; which gives us a better look at the complexity of nature. For instance the very first paragraph starts with an extensive sentence that flows with imagery. “When the great horned [owl] is in the trees its razor-tipped toes rasp the limb‚ flakes of bark fall through the air and land on my shoulders

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    Owls by Mary Oliver

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    great-horned owl is one of the most mysterious animals of the world. In an excerpt from Mary Oliver’s essay "Owls‚" she discusses her fear as well as her utmost admiration of this most frightening of creatures. Mary Oliver’s use of threatening imagery conveys her deep fear of the power of this frightful creature. By using phrases referring to "it’s razor-tipped toes" and discussing the "heavy‚ crisp‚ breathy snapping of it’s hooked beak‚" Mary Oliver wants the reader to understand just how dangerous

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    purpose of the passage “Owls” by Mary Oliver is difficult to pinpoint. This is because Oliver begins with describing the penetrating fear of a “terrible” (33) great horned owl‚ and suddenly develops into a section discussing a desultory and trivial field of flowers. The mystifying comparison between the daunting fear of nature and its impeccable beauty is in fact Oliver’s purpose. Oliver uses hyperbole in her lyrical and poetic diction to convey her true feelings about nature. She is both in awe

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    understand the wonders and beauties of nature. In fact‚ many famous composers or writers were inspired by nature to create their own work‚ In OwlsMary Oliver is using vivid imagery and contrast between descriptions of scary owls and beautiful roses to show that nature can be deceiving. Oliver uses illustrative language and repetition to describe how the author was enraptured by the beauty of roses and brutality of owls. In the beginning‚ she says owl is ‘delicate saw-whet that flies like a

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    instance‚ Mary Oliver. Mary Oliver is a smart an talented women with so much success to be proud of. Mary Oliver was born September 10‚ 1935 in Maple Hieghts‚ Ohio‚ to Helen and Edward Oliver. She grew up in a pastoral enviorment. There‚ she developed a strong relationship with which is her most wrote about subject‚ the natural world. Mary was influenced by William Blake and Walt Whitham. She was also inluenced greatly by Edna St. Vincent Millay. So influenced that when she passed away‚ Mary wrote

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    "Traveling Through the Dark‚" by William Strafford and "The Black Snake‚" by Mary Oliver use animals to express their thoughts in these poems. The animals play an important role in determining what the writers want to convey through its function‚ the relation between the speaker and animal‚ as well as the tone of the poem. Strafford does a great job of illustrating the function of the animal in "Traveling Through the Dark." The deer is dead on the side of the road from a hit and run and the speaker

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    Summer Reading Response AP Literature For my summer reading poet‚ I chose Mary Oliver. I find I relate better to the works of female authors and she was one of the only two on the list of options. After hearing phrases like “America’s best-selling poet” and “one of the best writers of the century” to describe her‚ I was not sure of what to expect. However‚ after reading one of her works for the first time‚ a poem called “The Journey”‚ I knew that I‚ a not so avid reader and an inexperienced

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    Mary Oliver

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    Mary Oliver In Mary Oliver’s award winning book‚ “Blue Pastures”‚ Oliver states three qualities that makes up an artist. The first quality is to be extraordinary and never ordinary. Also‚ break loose from time and the craziness of the world today to reach the inner child. Another quality is to find a place of solitude so creativity can flow uninterrupted. Oliver exhibited all three qualities and more. She is truly an artist. Oliver talks of the normal things in life that must be done. Dishes

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    that is nature. Nobody denies the "medusa" of its attractive features‚ such as‚ its dazzling pink color‚ elegant frame‚ and most important‚ its transparent body that displays running electricity. However‚ touch it underwater and experience the wrath of its devious abilities. Its colorful stingers have the power to inject an electrical toxin into their prey. It can kill. Furthermore‚ Mary Oliver‚ the writer of "Owls"‚ successfully delineates the two-faced personality nature is affiliated

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    Mary Oliver Dualism

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    1. Discuss the way Oliver’s nature poems can be read as political- questioning the hierarchies and dualisms underpinning Western cultures. Mary Oliver’s poems that explore nature can also be read as political as they question the dualisms and hierarchies that form strong foundations in Western cultures. Through the emergence of the patriarchy (a Western ideology) over 5000 years ago‚ traditional epistemological paradigms of Western society have been based on dualisms. Through patriarchal ideology

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