The Honey Tree Mary Oliver Analysis

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The Honey Tree Words possess many different meanings. The context of the sentence and how the words are used help to create an experience in the reader. In Mary Oliver's, The Honey Tree, she structures her poem in a way that punctuates on the action in the text. Oliver uses the multiple meanings of words to help create a more vivid picture. The beginning of the poem one word stands out more so than others. In line 2, 3 and 5, the word ate can be interpreted literally, as if she physically ate bodies of bees or the different parts of the tree. I believe that she uses this term allegorically. The word ate can be used as a means of consumption or to take in. Oliver does not really mean that she took bites out of the tree, but she absorbed the

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