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Chiz Web > AP English > Poetry of Elizabeth Bishop
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Poetry of Elizabeth Bishop
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| | 3 | 1/24/2010 12:11 PM | Squatter's Children The children in this poem represent people of the world who are marginalized, or put on the outskirts of society. they play outside, but really they are digging, tilling the hard earth. THeir fathers tools are broken, and when the storm comes which seems to allude to some sort of spiritual revolution, the children choose the mansions, and come out of their current lifestyle to become whatever they want to. |
| | 32 | 1/24/2010 1:39 AM | A Miracle for Breakfast This poem parallels Jesus with the king on the balcony. The king tried to produce a miracle, but ended up not having enough to feed the masses. He put himself above everyone, and only ended up hurting himself. Jesus on the other hand was down with the crowd, and fed everyone and had food left over. Bishop contrasts perception with the miracle. She shows perception can help one see the better side of life, like the narrator with the crumb, seeing it as very big when held to his eye. BUt the miracle just happened, it was not forced. |
| | 11 | 1/17/2010 12:09 AM | The Map Bishop's poem comes off easy to understand; it's a description of the land- hence the map. The only question I have about the peom is when it comes into the beginning of the second paragraph:
"Labrador's yellow, where the moony Eskimo has oiled it. We can stroke these lovely bays, under a glass as if they were expected to blossom, or as if to provide a clean cage for invisible fish."
While I can comprehend the rest of the poem, I seem to be always stuck with these two lines. What exactly is Bishop trying to express here and how does it relate to the rest of the poem?
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| | 7 | 1/15/2010 9:50 AM | The Art of Losing I don't remember the exact title, but "Art of Losing" is a poem of Bishops that I actually really enjoyed. I think because of the last stanza which shows the speaker actually falling apart as the grammer detoriates. |
| | 10 | 12/17/2009 3:27 PM | Quick Glance After a quick overview of Elizabeth Bishop (I read her wikipedia article and two of her poems), I've come to the conclusion that the weeks we spend on her poems are not going to be fun for me. And there's no real reason for that, other than my general dislike of poetry of any kind. Not really anything I can do about it, so I guess this is really just a heads up to all those other people who generally share my view on poems. |
| | 8 | 12/14/2009 9:30 PM | One Art This poem was heartbreakingly beautiful. Unlike some of the other poems we've read, where the emotion is buried under long words and heavy diction, Bishop conveyed her deep feelings with simple syntax. The rawness she felt at the loss was easily felt, but it was still a lovely, intriguing piece of poetry. I adored how throughout the poem, her writing became more and more broken as her emotions came flowing out, to the point where she had to force herself to write "like disaster". |
| | 13 | 12/13/2009 9:22 AM | Green to colors In the begining of the poem The Map by Elizabeth Bishop, all land is portrayed as being green on the map described. In the last stanza of the poem, each country has its own color. My question is could this poem be a poem about individualism? The countries having their own colors seem to represent how they are all different from one another and it could be a reference to people as well. I know there is not a ton of evidence leading toward individualism but I think it's there. |
| | 9 | 12/13/2009 8:41 AM | THe map The narrator in the beginning suggests that land is suspended in the water around us, which would show human lacking control, we cannont prevent the water from moving and taking all of us with it. The shadow of the green shows our perception of the earth and hazy, not quite what it actuall iis. THen the narrator goes on to suggest that land is lifting the sea, which represents strength. We wrap the water around ourselves, keeping us safe, which parallels water holding us. |
| | 0 | 12/6/2009 9:50 AM | Help OK so really wish I was here the day we discussed this in class. Could someone give me a quick summary of what we did that day, like maybe pass out books or something? Also if we did pass out a book could someone tell me what it was called so I can try to find it online to catch up? Please and thank :) |
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