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Elizabeth Bishop
- Beautiful/Well crafted poetry
- Eye for detail/Appreciation of tone and contrast very evident in her poetry
- Beautifully crafted langauge
- "At the fishhouses" - Poem creates atmosphere of sea through language "Indifferentely swinging above the stones, nicely free above the stones"
- Poetic prowess is also seen through her mastery of form - "Sestina"
- Despite the emotional intensity of such a personal issue - Remain rigid poetic structure gives opportunity ti remain disconnected from the emotions that these memories recall
- No overwhelming emotion hearing of the grandmother "Laughing and talking to hide the tears"
- Exceptional hallmark of Bishops poetry as she is capable of writing about past pain with exact precision without faulting highlighting unbelieavable mastery of form
- Exceptional hallmark of Bishops poetry as she is capable of writing about past pain with exact precision without faulting highlighting unbelieavable mastery of form
- No overwhelming emotion hearing of the grandmother "Laughing and talking to hide the tears"
- Despite the emotional intensity of such a personal issue - Remain rigid poetic structure gives opportunity ti remain disconnected from the emotions that these memories recall
- Poetic prowess is also seen through her mastery of form - "Sestina"
- "At the fishhouses" - Poem creates atmosphere of sea through language "Indifferentely swinging above the stones, nicely free above the stones"
- Eye for detail/Appreciation of tone and contrast very evident in her poetry
- Unique poetic style - Confessional style - Draws from past painful memories
- Attention to artistic detail/Philosophical nature/ Mastery of form/ Exploration of personal subject matter
- Attention to artistic detail/Philosophical nature/ Mastery of form/ Exploration of personal subject matter
- ARTISTIC EYE FOR DETAIL
- "At the fishhouses"
- "Cold evening"
- Only place that has resembled home
- Only place that has resembled home
- "Cold evening"
- Mesmerised by power and forensic accuracy of description of her poetry
- Through images such as a wheelbarrow plastered with "Creamy iridescent coats of mail with small iridescent flies crawling on them" and "Small old buildings with an emerald mass glowing on their showered walls
- Reinforce philosophical thoughts/ Unique attention to detail
- Reinforce philosophical thoughts/ Unique attention to detail
- Through images such as a wheelbarrow plastered with "Creamy iridescent coats of mail with small iridescent flies crawling on them" and "Small old buildings with an emerald mass glowing on their showered walls
- "At the fishhouses"
- Issues from the past/ Home and Identity
- "Sestina"
- Tries to deal with pain of her childhood/depicts young girl suffered tragic loss
- Innocence under constant attack like "The rain that beats on the roof of the house"
- Childlike tone - Through repetition and rhythm - "I know what I know, says the almanac"
- This gives way to a melancholy under event- A mastif of tears runs throughout "Teakettles small hard tears" "Dark brown tears" "To plant tears"
- Enhances the tone of sadness
- Clear from poem issues of family filled Bishop with much sadness since childhood - Creates a sense of intimacy with reader
- Clear from poem issues of family filled Bishop with much sadness since childhood - Creates a sense of intimacy with reader
- Enhances the tone of sadness
- This gives way to a melancholy under event- A mastif of tears runs throughout "Teakettles small hard tears" "Dark brown tears" "To plant tears"
- Childlike tone - Through repetition and rhythm - "I know what I know, says the almanac"
- Tries to deal with pain of her childhood/depicts young girl suffered tragic loss
- "Sestina"
- Theme of identity - "The Fish"
- "Tremendous fish" - transfixed by the appearance
- Forsenic description - "looked into his eyes" and "Admired his sullen face" - humanizes fish
- Fish - "lower lip.. grim and wet and weaponlike/hung five old pieces of fish like" - Fishes life full of turmoil = Bishop too
- Microscopic investigation of Fishes appearance makes Bishop think otherwise of killing the fish
- The "Vulnerable" fish beauty is in its ability to survive..
- Emotional intensity + leap of conscience makes Bishop realise that the fish is symbolic representitive of Human suffering/Her past pains
- Emotional intensity + leap of conscience makes Bishop realise that the fish is symbolic representitive of Human suffering/Her past pains
- The "Vulnerable" fish beauty is in its ability to survive..
- Microscopic investigation of Fishes appearance makes Bishop think otherwise of killing the fish
- Fish - "lower lip.. grim and wet and weaponlike/hung five old pieces of fish like" - Fishes life full of turmoil = Bishop too
- Forsenic description - "looked into his eyes" and "Admired his sullen face" - humanizes fish
- "Tremendous fish" - transfixed by the appearance
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