Short Story : Olley The Owl

‘Owls’ Mary Oliver Rhetorical Analysis Essay In this short excerpt from Mary Oliver’s ‘Owls’, the author carefully uses various rhetorical strategies to support comparisons in the beauty of nature. Oliver’s use of allusion and figurative language both contribute to the powerful comparisons of nature she makes. In this passage, the main example Oliver uses is comparing a great horned owl and a snow owl to a field of flowers, describing the owls with a striking and powerful presence and the field of flowers with an excessive beauty. Oliver successfully contrasts the two with great imagery and creates a balance of simple happiness and fear and awe.

The parents respond to her fear by telling her that the owl is only asking “an odd question…” (4). They say that if she “rightly listened” to the owl, she would be able to hear it merely asking “who cooks for you?” (6). The stanza expresses a humorous tone with phrases such as “[It] was an odd question from a forest bird…” (4), and “Who cooks for you?” (6). On one level, the parents comfort the child by telling a lie in order to get her back to sleep, on another level, this changes the perception the daughter has of the owl. The parents do this by using the term “forest bird”, instead of “owl” to make her feel less intimidated. Through this lie she perceives the owl as a friendly forest creature, rather than a horrid monster from the night. The poem’s “AABBCC” rhyme scheme also helped further establish the tone, giving a child-like feeling to it, because it’s often used in fairy tales which is meant for children. Wilbur believes that the lie is a good way to help the child go to sleep. He justifies it in the

Through this great horned owl, Oliver is able to convey a double-meaning. Not only is it a creature, but the meaning of death. It can be deceiving and appear like a “big soft moth”, but also turn around and “eat the whole world”. She uses this owl to represent the concept of death because anyone or anything can be enjoying

The reader can first determine Oliver’s appreciation for nature through her vivid and crystal clear imagery of the “great horned” through the night. With its “razor-tipped toes” and “hooked-beak,” Oliver’s descriptions of the great horned owl show her respect towards the owl, and in the same vein, nature. Similarly, “the white gleam of the [snowy owl’s] feathers” effectively indicates Oliver’s respect and positive attitude towards nature and its picturesque qualities. At the same

breeding in North American and spending the winter south of the border in Mexico. The burrowing owl

Mary Oliver’s passage from “Owls” is composed of various stylistic elements which she utilizes to thoroughly illustrate her nuanced views of owls and nature. Oliver’s use of intricate sentence structure–syntax– and a speculative tone are formal stylistic elements which effectively convey the complexity of her response to nature. Oliver’s passage is largely constructed with complex sentences, which provide insight into her views of nature. Following her discussion of various types of owls which she is accustomed to seeing and hearing, Oliver connects her experiences of wondering about nature to her own life, stating: “The world where the owl is endlessly hungry and endlessly on the hunt is the world in which I live too.” In this example, Oliver’s sentence is composed of “endlessly” twice, a technique which emphasizes the connection between the owl that is incessantly active and the same environment in which she lives.

The man said, “I was following you around, because we didn’t know where we were going. We thought you looked like you knew where you were going. I didn’t mean to scare. Every time I started to approach you to ask you for help, you ran away.”

Brave took Johnny up in the air and went to the lowest branch of the tree. She gave him a coat that covers his wings and with the touch of a button start to move. Suddenly, Johnny, with his hurt wing began to pull away from the branch. Astonished, he could not believe he could be flying by a coat. Mrs. Brave mentioned that he was given him this coat because, at some point, he would not needed. With this coat he will help others who cannot fly. Johnny returned to the smallest branch of the tree and Mrs. Brave said: "close your eyes". While Johnny closed his eyes, Mrs. Brave coat off him without Johnny notice. She said, "Try again... and still flying with the coat." Johnny thought he had his coat on. He was released and could fly. When Johnny comes back to Mrs. Brave said: "When I remove my coat?”. Mrs. Brave said: What coat? Johnny looked its wings and discovered that he had no coat. He was very excited and thanks the assistance of Mrs.

In the book”The Capture” written by”Kathryn Lasky” the author tells a life story of little owl

When Melinda started her first day of high school, she suffered from peer pressure with her best friend- who had just left her, and everyone had hated her because she ruined a party during summer break by calling the police. Melinda knew that no one knew the truth, but she was afraid to speak out about it. Laurie Anderson used the allusion of Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer

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“You were outside,’ she said. ‘There was an eerie light. You were very pale. There were cobwebs and flies all over you. You were hooting, just like an owl.”

As they walked deeper into Holidayland, the temperature started to make its way below zero. The wind picked up too, weaving through the fabric of his gloves, nipping at his fingers like piranhas. Chippy looked down at his feet, and rubbed his hands together, before looking up at Peppy and saying, “Okay. I think you're forgetting that you're an elf and not a working class human being.”

Walking toward the rink we could here the loud roar of the opposing crowds, chanting back and forth at each other. The arena was extremely cold, which made our muscles tighten up like a

Winter fell onto her bed. She let out a sigh. 100 dollars could have fed them for a week. There was essentially no chance that her mother would win the lottery. She would have to dig into her secret stache to feed them for the rest of the month. Winter had been storing away money for a year, but she had hoped she could use it for something fun with her mom, like the movies. Oh well, she thought.