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 · Wild Geese by Mary Oliver Summary. In short, ‘ Wild Geese ‘ is a poem, written by Mary Oliver, that expresses what one must do in order to lead a Structure. Structurally, there is not much to the poem. It is comprised of only one stanza and eighteen lines. The Poetic Techniques. Oliver makes Reviews: 4. Mary Oliver is one of, if not the best, poets alive today. This book is a wonderful sampling of her naturalistic based poetry. The title poem Wild Geese is wonderful and shows her unique style: Wild Geese You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees/5(21).  · love what it loves. Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine. Meanwhile the world goes on. Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain. are moving across the landscapes, over the prairies and the deep trees, the mountains and the rivers. Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air, are heading home again.

The American poet Mary Oliver published "Wild Geese" in her seventh collection, Dream Work, which came out in The poem's speaker urges readers to open themselves up to the beauty of nature. While people focus on their own petty struggles, the speaker points out, the natural world moves along effortlessly, free as a flock of geese passing. Wild Geese | Mary Oliver You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine. Meanwhile the world goes on. Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain. Mary Oliver is one of, if not the best, poets alive today. This book is a wonderful sampling of her naturalistic based poetry. The title poem Wild Geese is wonderful and shows her unique style: Wild Geese You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees.

the mountains and the rivers. Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air, are heading home again. Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination, calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting. over and over announcing your place. in the family of things. Wild Geese by Mary Oliver Structure. The poem is written in one stanza, comprising of eighteen lines. The style is free verse, and no significant use of rhyming words are found. The poem is simple in narration without any complicated use of words or expressions. We can see one simile in the last lines of the poem- like the wild geese. over the prairies and the deep trees, the mountains and the rivers. Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air, are heading home again. Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination, calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting -. over and over announcing your place.