She’s only filled with an old blind wish. It isn’t even hers but came to her in the rain or the soft wind which is a gate through which her life keeps walking. She can’t see herself apart from the rest of the world or the world from what she must do every spring. Crawling up the high hill, luminous under the sand that has packed against her skin, she doesn’t dream she knows she is a part of the pond she lives in, the tall trees are her children, the birds that swim above her are tied to her by an unbreakable string. —“The Turtle,” Mary Oliver Write one to three sentences explaining how the word “swim” adds to the idea that the turtle “can’t see herself apart from the rest of the world” in the final stanza.

In "The Turtle," the author Mary Oliver makes use of the word "swim" to express that the turtle sees the birds whirl or move above rapidly around her. Besides, she feels as if the trees were her children, and that the birds are tied to her, implying that she has a special bond with them. As a result, she perceives herself as part of the pond where she lives, so she does not want to be away from it.

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jayilych4real jayilych4real · Answer 2 · 2021-11-02T13:43:17+01:00

The word “swim” adds to the idea that the turtle “can’t see herself apart from the rest of the world” in the final stanza by:

Showing that she is a part of the pond and admires the birds which fly above the pond

According to the given excerpt, we can see that the author writes about a turtle which is a part of a pond and how it admires the birds which flies above her.

As a result of this, we can see that the author adds that there is a special bond to the pond which is held together by an "unbreakable string".

Therefore, we can conclude that she is drawn to the pond even though she admires the birds that fly.