When looking for a poet that interested me I stumbled upon the name Mary Oliver. Her poems relate to me because they revolve around different aspects of nature. Since I am not very interested in poetry it took a long time to find a poet that caught my attention, but finally, I discovered Mary Oliver’s pieces. Most of Oliver’s poems were written in the late 20th century. Unfortunately, she passed away in 2019 at the age of 83.
The poem of hers that I chose to analyze is called “Hummingbirds”. Oliver describes discovering two newborn chicks with their mother on a branch. She beautifully recounts the appearance of the newborns and their ability to fly for the first time. A stanza in the poem states, “And to fly, for the first time, in their sea-green helmets, with brisk, metallic tails- each tulled wing.” As I close my eyes while reading this line I can imagine the newborns taking flight for the first time. It is a wonderful thing in this world to witness creatures experiencing the world for the first time.
The structure of this poem consists of small stanzas giving each stanza more meaning in my opinion. It starts off with the author witnessing the hummingbird and its two newborns and ends with them taking their first flight. The transition represents the cycle of creatures living in nature that we don’t get to experience every day. I believe that this poem is a successful piece because it allowed me to imagine its words in action; Newborn hummingbirds flying for the first time.
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