1. The Summer Day by Mary Oliver
... off with broad questions such as "Who made the world?" and "Who made the animals in the world?" This is Oliver's attempt at trying to grasp an understanding of creation. Oliver makes it apparent that she has no religious ties, because she has no prescribed answers to these questions. Her questions about the natural world narrow to a grasshopper, and ... how it lives and functions. The poem then continues on to Oliver's confusion of her part in the world, and then finishes with the speaker asking deep questions about life. These questions address life and death, but particularly what one...
- Word Count: 573
- Approx Pages: 2
- Grade Level: High School