Poetry Essay Prompt #2

2004B Poem “Crossing the Swamp” (Mary Oliver)

Prompt: Read the following poem carefully. Then, in a well-written essay, analyze the techniques the poet uses to develop the relationship between the speaker and the swamp.

                   Speaker                                                                                    Swamp 

  "here is swamp, here is struggle" -Anaphora 

 "Here is the endless wet thick                             

 cosmos, center of everything"-imagery