“The river is pressing itself” – this is different from how many authors describe a river (e.g., “drifting”) – Knorr makes it sound like the river is in control of its own actions

He uses personification to make it seem like the river is in control of its actions and imagery in line 2 to give the reader an idea of what the environment is like. “The river is pressing itself.” “little brushing grasses and shifting against.”

In his poem, he describes specific things that he sees, like the type of bird (swallows) and what he sees them doing (diving sharply)

An example of this is when Knorr says “The wind is flittering just a little brushing grasses and shifting against the oaks and cotton wood trees.”

The sound"mmm" SOUNDS indistinct and undefined… and muddy.

I noticed that he also uses metaphors in his poem, talking about fishes wishing for them to be held tonight. So it seems to be he has also made comparisons or references.

one because when the light from the moon reflects on a river it looks really pretty and two because the environment itself seems really nice and chill.

I like the contrasting images in the last two sentences. We are not usually “guided by…wandering” but that is what he asks of us here. Similar to
“holding” our reflections in the last sentence – an impossible task?

When the Knorr mentioned holding the reflection of whoever the water is reflecting does he mean for the person to look deeper within or comfort themself? Or is there a whole other meaning to holding your reflection.

He seems to be more serious at this last sentence, almost like this whole poem had a purpose, and that there was a specific intention of writing this poem, like there was a meaning, and this last line sort of gave off that impression.

Overall this poem gives me as the reader a feeling of calmness. This is because of the atmosphere that the author chose in order to evoke feelings within the reader.