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How a Poet Sways the Emotions of Readers: Mary Oliver’s “Singapore” from the poetry collection entitled “House of Light”

How a Poet Sways the Emotions of Readers: Mary Oliver’s “Singapore” from the poetry collection entitled “House of Light”

The mark of good literature is unpredictability. A literary piece is good if the reader does not easily guess what the topic is from the start. A good piece of literature should unfold, bit by bit, through the entire length of the material. Mary Oliver’s poem “Singapore,” from her poetry collection entitled ‘House of Light’ is one such material. [...]