"Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine./Meanwhile the world goes on./Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain/are moving across the landscapes" (lines 6-9)
These lines are important in this poem because it is a turning point. Oliver begins by saying (in simple terms) we do not have to be perfect, we just have to let out what is in us. Throughout lines six to nine the poem shows a direct partnership and compassion in a world that seems to move on regardless of what happens to "you". Throughout the poem Oliver uses the world "meanwhile" showing that the world moves on, but she ends with saying how related each person is to the "nature of things".
I really liked lines six to nine because it presents a relationship available to all, knowing all is connected, yet realizing the world will continue to move on despite an individual's mindset.
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