The last stanza is a prosy, sentimental FOOTNOTE to the powerfully and
vividly imagistic stanzas that precede it. If one were to delet the last stanza from one's copybook or computer file, one would have Mary Oliver at her best.
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The last stanza is a prosy, sentimental FOOTNOTE to the powerfully and vividly imagistic stanzas that precede it. If one were to delet the last stanza from one's copybook or computer file, one would have Mary Oliver at her best.