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C.W.
In her poem "Oxygen", Mary Oliver uses denotations and
connotations to symbolize the meaning of oxygen. In this short
poem, there are words and phrases that uses connation and
denotation. The title "Oxygen", contains connotations with life
because everything needs oxygen in order to survive.
Meanwhile, the author uses denotation by looking at different
aspects of the poem. The author uses strong connotations that
represents life. When Oliver describes her life, we are
introduced to different words that relates back to her life.
Oliver believes that oxygen is "the soul" (line 2). The soul is
the part of you that will live on after death. It lives on in heaven
and becomes immortal. This provides depth to the poem because
this is associated with a person's life. Another word that is
associated with life is "Knife" (line 16), A "knife is a word that
suggests a sharp and painful injury to any area of the body. This
pain could be felt as a harmful way to Oliver's life. This "knife
could be a symbol, as she thinks that he life is harsh, and could
be damaged emotionally. We can also admit that a knife is the
meaning that signifies death, a sacrifice made, and liberation,
and relates to a symbolic meaning of both words. Mary Oliver
chooses these words very carefully as she decides what would
be best to show her dedication to life itself. The words I have
chosen adds reasonable meanings to the narrators dedication and
gratitude towards her life, which is mentioned at the end of the
poem. The gratitude and dedication was seen throughout the
poem with the powerful word choices that resembles the authors
life as her oxygen.
S.L.
In her poem "The Pond" Amy Lowell uses imagery to show the
tranquility surrounding the pond. We start with talking about
the leaves on the pond. The leaves are "Floating on moss-
colored water" (line 2). The peace of being surrounded on the
pond of these trees gives a sense of peace like no one is there.
But there's wildlife surrounding as she introduces "croaking of
frogs" (line 3). There is nothing here to disturb the peace of this
pond. The pond is peaceful through the "twilight" (line 4) of the
night.

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  • 1. C.W. In her poem "Oxygen", Mary Oliver uses denotations and connotations to symbolize the meaning of oxygen. In this short poem, there are words and phrases that uses connation and denotation. The title "Oxygen", contains connotations with life because everything needs oxygen in order to survive. Meanwhile, the author uses denotation by looking at different aspects of the poem. The author uses strong connotations that represents life. When Oliver describes her life, we are introduced to different words that relates back to her life. Oliver believes that oxygen is "the soul" (line 2). The soul is the part of you that will live on after death. It lives on in heaven and becomes immortal. This provides depth to the poem because this is associated with a person's life. Another word that is associated with life is "Knife" (line 16), A "knife is a word that suggests a sharp and painful injury to any area of the body. This pain could be felt as a harmful way to Oliver's life. This "knife could be a symbol, as she thinks that he life is harsh, and could be damaged emotionally. We can also admit that a knife is the meaning that signifies death, a sacrifice made, and liberation, and relates to a symbolic meaning of both words. Mary Oliver chooses these words very carefully as she decides what would be best to show her dedication to life itself. The words I have chosen adds reasonable meanings to the narrators dedication and gratitude towards her life, which is mentioned at the end of the poem. The gratitude and dedication was seen throughout the poem with the powerful word choices that resembles the authors life as her oxygen. S.L. In her poem "The Pond" Amy Lowell uses imagery to show the
  • 2. tranquility surrounding the pond. We start with talking about the leaves on the pond. The leaves are "Floating on moss- colored water" (line 2). The peace of being surrounded on the pond of these trees gives a sense of peace like no one is there. But there's wildlife surrounding as she introduces "croaking of frogs" (line 3). There is nothing here to disturb the peace of this pond. The pond is peaceful through the "twilight" (line 4) of the night.