Mary Oliver's poem explores the inevitability of death, highlighting its inescapable nature. Instead of fear or resistance, the speaker embraces curiosity about the unknown. Oliver's verses invite readers to view life as a brotherhood and sisterhood, time as an idea, and eternity as a tantalizing possibility. Each life is likened to a flower, and the speaker aspires to live a life of amazement, seizing the world with an embrace akin to a bridegroom.
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