I have to do a analysis of the poem "Mushrooms" by margaret Atwood...I can not find a single resource...we have to have them listed in our works cited..i have the poem itself but thats it...I also have to tell how it relates to the theme of my poem book which is nature ...any and all help woudl be greatly appreciated:)

Pete is it possible you meant Mushrooms by SYLVIA PLATH:

Overnight, very
Whitely, discreetly,
Very quietly

Our toes, our noses
Take hold on the loam,
Acquire the air.

Nobody sees us,
Stops us, betrays us;
The small grains make room.

Soft fists insist on
Heaving the needles,
The leafy bedding,

Even the paving.
Our hammers, our rams,
Earless and eyeless,

Perfectly voiceless,
Widen the crannies,
Shoulder through holes. We

Diet on water,
On crumbs of shadow,
Bland-mannered, asking

Little or nothing.
So many of us!
So many of us!

We are shelves, we are
Tables, we are meek,
We are edible,

Nudgers and shovers
In spite of ourselves.
Our kind multiplies:

We shall by morning
Inherit the earth.
Our foot's in the door.

If this is the poem you read, simply type in the name of the poem, author, and CRITICISM and you should get a few sources.


Les

NO, it is by Margaret Atwood( I know Sylvia Plath had the same name for one of her poems) but thanks for answering

>i have the poem itself but thats it ...

So, can you post it so we can all read it? Alas, it does not ring a bell for me either.

There's a reference to mushrooms in Journey to the Interior -
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Stephen

Stephen, I believe Atwood wrote a "short story" with that title, but I find no evidence of a poem. I would be interested to know if she also has a poem with the same title.

Les

Doing a search I found multiple references to a poem "Mushrooms" but could not see it in print.

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Yes, this is actually a poem in my 12th grade Literature Book, I ve posted this poem under subject of need references listed on 12-29

I just responded (re the Atwood poem) on your other thread, on this forum.

Pete, thats funny man I am online looking for an analysis too. If your lucky I might send you mine and you can look at it. I'm in 12th grade too looking at probably the same book you are looking at.