Mary Oliver A Thousand Mornings Analysis

Mary Oliver’s book collection of poems, “A Thousand Mornings” examines the author’s mornings through her poetry. Oliver’s depiction of the morning opens up reader’s eyes to the nature within those moments. All the poems in “A Thousand Mornings” are more like daily observations of Oliver’s mornings. Oliver uses her depictions of the morning, nature, and animals to create her poems in “A Thousand Mornings.” Oliver’s poem, “A Thousand Mornings” which she lists in her collection portrays her use of imagery and elements of nature which shows the reader how morning time brings her joy. National Public Radio (NPR) interviews with Mary Oliver and have a discussion about “A Thousand Mornings.” NPR asks her, “Have you always written in the mornings” (Martin 1)? Oliver response, “Yes, yes. I like the mornings. I like to give the mornings to those first good thoughts. And I suppose in a way it sets up the day” (Oliver 1) Oliver uses imagery to make her poems come to life in the reader’s minds by doing this she creates poetry that convince her readers that her depiction of the morning, nature, and …show more content…
In this collection of poems, she shares her love for morning time and the beauty of nature and animals. Oliver’s very first poem in the collection, “I Go Down to Shore” says in the first line, “I go down to shore in the morning” (Oliver 1). Oliver gives you this scene of her in the morning walking along the shore. In Oliver’s poem, “And Bob Dylan Too,” she says, “The dance-song of the bees to tell / where the flowers, suddenly, in the / morning light, have opened” (17). In these lines, the poet uses the bees, flowers and the sun to describe that it’s morning time. The poet paints a picture in the reader’s mind by using nature to show the reader that it’s currently the morning time and possibly even springtime. These morning moments are like a kind of prayer for