What is this poem talking about. And I especially need to know whats unique about the structure of it. Like word placement and stuff...
"Look, the trees
are turning
their own bodies
into pillars
of light,
are giving off the rich
fragrance of cinnamon
and fulfillment,
the long tapers
of cattails
are bursting and floating away over
the blue shoulders
of the ponds,
and every pond,
no matter what its
name is, is
nameless now.
Every year
everything
I have ever learned
in my lifetime
leads back to this: the fires
and the black river of loss
whose other side
is salvation,
whose meaning
none of us will ever know.
To live in this world
you must be able
to do three things:
to love what is mortal;
to hold it
against your bones knowing
your own life depends on it;
and, when the time comes to let it go,
to let it go."
- Mary Oliver, "In Blackwater Woods"
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A true master piece in love field which touches the heart and last long impact, both by words and theme. The rhymes, words used , similes and metaphors are outstanding. It sweep the reader like a strong wind or rush of water in a flood Over all it contains dramatic approach x