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Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver Quiz

Mary Oliver
This Study Guide consists of approximately 41 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Devotions.

Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver Quiz

Mary Oliver
This Study Guide consists of approximately 41 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Devotions.

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

How does Oliver's late-night encounter with a loon in "The Loon" interact with other poems in the collection? (from Long Life (2004), Owls and Other Fantasies (2003), What Do We Know (2002))

2.

"Three Poems For James Wright" describes Oliver's reaction to the illness and death of a friend as a series of three moments presented out of chronological order. What does this presentation say about the poem? (from Twelve Moons (1979), The River Styx, Ohio (1972), No Voyage and Other Poems, (1963 and 1965))

3.

In "Seven White Butterflies," Oliver evokes the poets Blake and Whitman. Why? (from The Leaf and the Cloud (2000), West Wind (1997), White Pine (1994))

4.

In Swan, there are a handful of poems, including "I Own A House," "Don't Hesitate," and "How I Go To The Woods," which are written as prose poems, without line breaks. What else do these three poems have in common? (from A Thousand Mornings (2012), Swan (2010), Evidence (2009))

5.

"Goldfinches," like a number of other poems published around this time, is typeset with all of its varying, free-verse lines centered in the middle of the page. In the case of "Goldfinches," what does this visual element add to the poem? (from New and Selected Poems: Volume One (1992), House of Light (1990), Dream Work (1986))

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