Mary oliver; the storm

now through the white orchard my little dog

romps, breaking the new snow

with wild feet. running here running there, excited, hardly able to stop, he leaps, he spins until the white snow is written upon. in large, exuberant letters, a long sentence, expressing the pleasures of the body in this world. oh, i could not have said it better.

imagery used (writing that puts a picture in the reader’s mind, such as the snow swirled lightly in the frosty air):

parallelism used (phrases or sentences are structured in a similar pattern, such as standing up sitting down):

alliteration used (words in a series that begin with the same sound, such as lizards leap of leaves):