Topic > Nature in Mary Oliver's First Snow - 610

Many overlook the beauty expressed by nature. Images strung together in nature influenced Mary Oliver's “First Snow.” The beauty expressed in “First Snow” shows how there is a hidden beauty in nature like snow. Even how snow, not so simple, is something so amazing and breathtaking. Oliver's vision descriptions show that many things in nature are overlooked and should not be. She elaborates to show that nature doesn't just produce snow, but something much more. Mary Oliver uses many examples and evidence to show beauty. In “First Snow” Mary Oliver conveys the image of snow to embody the beauty of nature. Mary Oliver uses vivid descriptions to show how she saw the first snow. Oliver explains every scene of the beauty he encountered. In this poem he shares many different images, all of which have very intense and powerful meanings. He used words like burning, sparkling and shining to show an intense way of describing snow. For example “the vast fields/ burn with light” (Oliver 645, 24-25), which means that the fields shine dimly. Also “Trees/ glitter there...