Write one to three sentences explaining how the word swim adds to the idea that the turtle can't see herself apart from the rest of the world in the final stanza

Mary Oliver's 'The Turtle' talks about nature, just like her other beautifully written poems that bring life to the nature, environment and surroundings around her in the present (when she is penning down her thoughts).

Explanation:

To invoke her readers from an idea that they live fro themselves without a link between them and the nature, or even with other humans, is what this poem talks about. As the turtle speaks to the readers in the poem, it explains that though it only swims and that the pond is her world and trees around her are her children, who she witnessed growing in front of her eyes, the turtle says that she can enjoy her life with those around her without expecting changes that can bring in problems too.

This poem is a part of those works by Mary Oliver that brought her goodwill in the field of literature. Her patriotic respect towards Wordsworth and his works that show us a clear similarity in her writing, when she completely focuses on describing tiniest elements of natural world that man has to live in.

Mary Oliver uses the word "swim" instead of "fly" to show that the turtle sees everything as part of her world, including the birds in the air. The turtle feels connected to the birds and sees them as swimming in her pond.

Explanation:

She thinks their flying is swimming.

The turtle and bird are of the same world.

“Swim” creates a feeling of connection.  (from ed)

major league baseball

explanation:

jack roosevelt robinson broke the color barrier in major league baseball.as he was the first african american to play in the major leagues, jackie robinson became the target of racial abuse. jackie robinson is referring to the historic event, harlem riot.

the anecdote makes readers feel sorry for the man’s lack of heritage, then reminds readers that the man has an equally valuable heritage.