Metaphors In Crossing The Swamp

In the poem crossing the swamp the relationship between the speaker and the swamp is that the swamp is what the author puts in as her problem. She’s trying to compare the swamp to her problem, “here is the endless wet think cosmos” both of the speaker and the swamp share fear “I feel not wet as much as paintable and glittered.”

In 1968 there was a war going on in Vietnam. The war was called the Vietnam War. In the U.S, there was a shortage of people who volunteer to fight in the war so to cover the shortage the U.S used the draft process. The government sent out a draft notice to Tim O’Brien telling him that he was drafted to fight in the war. O’Brien had a choice to flee the U.S to go north to Canada or fight it the war. In the O’Brien considering leaving running away to Canada section of “On the Rainy River” by Tim O’Brien, the author makes the structural choice of first person POV and uses figurative language, such as hyperbole to emphasize the story's message that people run away from problems due to difficult decisions.

The speaker also chooses her diction precisely, so that there is clear contribution to the overall idea that the poem is indeed about the quest for change and longing from escape from the swamp. Two very different forms of description are used to represent this source of dread: once by the simple name, swamp, and

Poetry, more than any other writing style, is filled to the brim with literary devices. These devices are used by the author to communicate their story. Mary Oliver’s, “Crossing the Swamp,” is a tale of one person’s struggles in crossing a swamp. Mary uses the techniques of descriptive language, metaphors, and personification to develop the relationship between the speaker and the swamp.

In the poem “Crossing the Swamp” by Mary Oliver, who creates a metaphorical idea of the difficulties faced when crossing a swamp to the difficulties of making it through life. Using vivid imagery, enjambment, alliteration, and metaphor in the open form, Oliver depicts her rejuvenating experience of struggling with life while coming out victorious.

Throughout “Crossing the Swamp”, Mary Oliver compares life’s obstacles and hardships with the conditions of a swamp. She eventually displays that success and elation could not occur if not for hardships. Oliver tries to bridge the gap between the idea of crossing a swamp and the journey of life itself. She skillfully utilizes a fractured and varied structure, swamp-like imagery, and a change in tone to reveal that without hardship, success would not be possible.

The writer wields literary devices such as figurative language to establish an earthy connection between the swamp and mankind. Then, he uses personification to coalesce life within the swamp and relate the harsh environs of the swamp to the struggles we encounter in life as human beings. Finally, the author uses a shifting tone to enlighten both the harsh swamp and struggling speaker with a sense of optimism. After all, even in the darkest times and in the darkest swamps, we can take a mere stick, nurture it, and "make its life a breathing palace of leaves"

In Mary Oliver’s “Crossing the Swamp”, the speaker compares a swamp to the struggles and hardships in life that fight against her. The speaker repeatedly contrasts herself to the swamp to emphasize the vastness of the swamp, conveying how the speaker understands the hardships that come with life.

“Crossing the Swamp” by Mary Oliver explores the speaker's immersion into a dense marsh in relation to nature’s grandeur. The poem moves as she does, both universally and literally, to emphasize acceptance of having no control over nature’s sublime and autonomy over her outlook when confronting struggle.

According to Merriam Webster dictionary, mockingbirds are a bird that has a remarkable ability to “exact imitations of the notes of other birds”. In addition, they are known to have up to 200 songs in their “playlists’, which they will sing all through the day and evening, usually when there is a full moon. Based on this description, mockingbirds are innocent, beautiful birds that can bring a sense of calmness to people around them with their smooth melodies. Therefore, they are a creature that brings no harm to others, just joy. Like the mockingbird, today’s society consists of many innocent people around the world who are hardworking and treats others with respect no matter of their socio economic status; as well as, race and religion. On the other hand, there are some people in our world who judge others based on their evil beliefs they learned from others instead of listening to their conscience.

Actor Matt LeBlanc once said, “I find the earth to be a place of misery in which I am surrounded by the conformity that kills society.” In other words, LeBlanc means that conformity is a destructive force in society. James McBride writes about a theme similar to the one presented by LeBlanc in his memoir The Color of Water. Through figurative language and juxtaposition in The Color of Water James McBride presents the theme that conformity to social standard weakens one’s foundation as an individual.

In Crossing the Swamp, Mary Oliver exposes human nature to its simplest state; the passion for life present in the natural world transforms the individual by bringing one closer to the sublime. The spirituality teeming in Oliver’s swamp metaphorically represents hidden beauty within the mundane, as a call for shifted perspective and dignified appreciation permeates the passage.

The poem contains two stanzas with two different settings. One might not know much about the first stanza; however, in the second one the speaker is next to an ocean, perhaps, at a beach. So, while the first stanza symbolizes the mindset of the speaker, the inner dream, the second stanza symbolizes the outer dream which is what we see; life. The poem

In the third stanza, a lot of imagery is used. The significant ones are present in the seventh and eleventh lines. In the first line, the poet writes, "A

Can friendships be born in traumatic times or do some people just not want to die alone? The authors of the short story “The Interlopers” and of the poem “The Poison Tree” each use literary elements in order to introduce new ideas. The short story is about two men whose families have had a feud for many generations. Once terror strikes the men, Ulrich and Georg, must work together in order to protect themselves. “The Poison Tree” is a poem about a man who has trouble expressing his emotions when he is angry, and instead suppresses these feelings and continues to make irrational decisions. In both texts, the author and poet use figurative language in the form or metaphors to develop their ideas. In the short story by author, Saki, there are multiple examples of situational metaphors such as the peace brought between the through the offering of wine, and through the reckless wolves that do not obey, just as the men would not obey. Similarly, there is an example of an extended metaphor in the poem by William Blake. Throughout the poem the speaker makes mention of a growing red apple, and as the poem continues the apples grows larger and larger, just as the authors anger builds up. Blake and Sake use metaphors and irony to convey a theme of positive and negative relationships by introducing the ideas that anger clouds our thoughts, and can lead us to make unreasonable decisions.