The Summer Day by Mary Oliver

In this poem by Mary Oliver, it talks about a woman who seems to question everything about her life. She wants to know who made the world and what she should do with her life. She realizes that life is too short to sit around and do nothing with it. She wants to live her life to the fullest and so in the end she won't have to live with regret or ask herself, "Why didn't I?" or tell herself, "I should have done....". She knows that life will go so fast that she doesn't want to miss out on anything.

The woman in this poem also seems like she is confused about what she is here on Earth and what she was put here to do. She seems like a religious person and she knows that God put here on this planet for a reason and she feels bad that she can't figure out what that reason is. She isn't sure what she is supposed to do with her life and that bothers her because she wants to live her life to the fullest, but that is hard to do if she doesn't know what she's on Earth to do.

The woman was holding an insect in her hand. Most women get really nervous when an insect is near them, never mind in their hand. This shows how much this woman enjoys life. She isn't afraid to try anything new or take life for granted like most people do. She takes each slow summer day one at a time and enjoys it for what it's worth because one day she won't be here anymore and she doesn't want to miss out.