Mary Oliver I dont think I have ever been bored one day in my life Mary Oliver Mary Oliver was born in Maple Heights Ohio in 1935 She lived a quiet simple life Oliver Now lives in Provincetown Massachusetts ID: 687458
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The Black Snake
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Mary Oliver
“I don’t think I have ever been bored one day in my life.”
Mary Oliver Slide3
Mary Oliver was born in Maple Heights, Ohio, in 1935… She lived a quiet simple life…
Oliver Now lives in Provincetown, Massachusetts…
She still lives a quiet life with nature. Slide4
The Black Snake
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A painful scene of death Slide6
When the black snake
flashed onto the morning road,
and the truck could not swerve—
death, that is how it happens.Slide7
Now he lies looped and useless
as an old bicycle tire.
I stop the car
and carry him into the bushes.Slide8
He is as cool and gleaming
as a braided whip, he is as beautiful & quiet
as a dead brother.
I leave him under the leavesSlide9
and
drive on, thinking
about death: its suddenness,
its terrible weight,
its certain coming. Yet underSlide10
reason burns a brighter fire, which the bones
have always preferred.
It is the story of endless good fortune.
It says to oblivion: not me!Slide11
It is the light at the center of every cell.
It is what sent the snake coiling and flowing forward
happily all spring through the green leaves before
he came to the road.Slide12
Mood & Tone Slide13
Review
What does The black snake symbolize?
What are the main themes in the poem?
What is ironic about the snake’s death?
Describe the speaker in The Black Snake.
Where does the poet use:
Simile, Metaphor, Parallelism, and imagery
How does parallelism serve the author’s purpose?
What is the significance of
circles
in this poem?What are the mood and tone in the poem?Does the speaker’s mood change throughout the poem?
Which device did Mary Oliver use to imply mood in her poem? Slide14
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