Sleeping In The Forest Mary Oliver Analysis

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In Mary Oliver poems they all have an inner connect to nature, but the one that stood out to me the most was Sleeping in the Forest. This poem I believe Mary Oliver is referring to her experience of camping out in the forest. All the explanations of sounds and sights while just laying back and relaxing during the night. She wants to portray to the reader that everyone should have their own encounter with nature by sharing her adventure. Mary Oliver sharing how comfortable she is with the forest it makes me experience nature how she is depicting it. The way she interprets her dreaming lets you know that she is one with the nature around her. Oliver ending lines represents waking up and coming back to realism of her dream is over and morning

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