The Day Millicent Found the World- Poem response 22

We discussed this poem in class, and I thought I would do my blog about it because it really stood out in my mind. The three longer stanzas kind of act like a story. The first stanza is where she goes past her comfort zone, far away, deep into the forest where she is lost. Then the second stanza is where she really comes to realize the beauty of the forest and of the world. With vivid metaphores like "...the round at her feet had a velvet nearness," or " She felt caught up and breathing in a great powerful embrace," really help to make the poem interact with the reader. The last stanza is where something snaps her back to reality, yet her new found knowledge makes her a different person. I really liked the style of the poem being more of a story, but the meaning behind it was also really cool. The whole concept of immersing oneself into the natural world to actually discover a unity. Cool idea. :)