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The Life and Works of Elizabeth Bishop, 2003.
This paper discusses the poet Elizabeth Bishop?s life and works, from her birth in 1911 until her death in 1979.
1,370 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 45.95
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The paper recounts the story of Elizabeth Bishop's life, from her early beginnings in New England living with her grandparents, through the ups and downs of her professional career as a poet and her turbulent private life, fraught with unstable relationships and drinking problems. The paper also touches on the works she published during her lifetime as well as the awards and honors she received.
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"After graduating, Elizabeth moved to New York, where she started to launch her literary career. She was writing and being introduced to some editors who started to request poems from her. She also spent a couple of years in Europe, living with Louise Crane, her first partner. In 1938, both Bishop and Crane fell in love with the simplicity of a small town called Key West, in Florida, where they bought a house and established their lives. Even living there, they still had contact with the literary circle of New York, and frequently received writers and artists in their house."
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Elizabeth Bishop's Poem "The Weed", 2001.
Examines Elizabeth Bishop's poem "The Weed" through a psychoanalyst's perspective.
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This essay reviews Elizabeth Bishops poem "The Weed" and explores how it demonstrates her longing for parental figures in childhood, their absence, and the effect it has on her and will have on her children.
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Elizabeth Bishop, 2002.
This paper discusses how and why the poet Elizabeth Bishop can write about the serious side of poverty in a humorous way.
1,025 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 3 sources, $ 39.95
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This paper analyzes Elizabeth Bishop's poems "Pink Dog" and "Filling Station". The author points out some of the humorous devices she uses. The paper concludes with an analysis of what the overall effect of her technique.
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Elizabeth Bishop: Seeking a Deeper Meaning, 1999.
An examination of the works of Elizabeth Bishop with focus on two poems "The Moose" and "The Unbeliever".
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Essay on Elizabeth Bishop with works cited from her poems "The Moose" and "The Unbeliever". The author examines her writing style and technique and her use of imagery.
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"Lesbian, artist, poet, teacher, traveler, and translator are all words that can be used to describe Elizabeth Bishop. The aspect of her life that she is best known for is her poetry. In many of her works, Bishop uses complex symbolism to inspire the reader to think deeply, and experiences from her own life in detailed imagery so the reader can picture what she is thinking. Two poems are prime example of this, ?The Moose? and ?The Unbeliever.?
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Elizabeth Bishop?s ?The Fish?, 2004.
This paper analyzes the poem, ?The Fish?, by Elizabeth Bishop, a poet admired for her vivid, descriptive poetry.
1,045 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 36.95
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This paper explains that Bishop?s observation in ?The Fish? not only creates an image of the fish for the reader, but also expands the scope of the poet?s appreciation for the fish. The author points out that, in this narrative poem, Bishop uses rhetorical and sound devices, as well as tone, metaphor, symbolism, personification, simile, and imagery. The paper relates that her great attention to detail allows us to understand the fish as Bishop does and, as a result, to understand why she sets the fish free.
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"These lines illustrate the poet?s ability to capture details about the simplest and smallest of things. The poet utilizes the technique of hyperbole here by stating that the fish?s eyes were bigger than her own were. Her intention is to make us sense the life she became aware of when she looked into the fish?s eyes, which ultimately makes her feel sympathy for the fish. The action of looking into the fish?s eyes is also powerful in that it allows the poet to personify the fish. We also discover the poet?s use of an apostrophe here, which is emphasized by the poet?s looking into the fish?s eyes."
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Elizabeth Bishop's Use of Format in the Poem "Sestina", 2000.
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This paper shows how Bishop's poem "Sestina" is a sestina in itself and follows the traditional format of the French lyric style, which results in a continuous maze of words that does not end, strengthening the author's theme of perpetual life cycles.
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""September rain falls on the house/ in the failing light..." is how the poem begins. In the first two lines, the text has already made two references to the ceasing of a natural occurrence. September is the start of autumn and the end of summer. The descending sun signifies the close of another day. The probability that the sun will rise tomorrow, and that another August will eventually come, makes these two events recurring cycles of nature. The changing of the seasons and the rotation of the earth are inevitable laws of the universe."
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Elizabeth Bishop, Marianne Moore and CK Williams, 2000.
An examination of the three poets' use of nature, styles, techniques and themes.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 31.95
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Nature is a source of inspiration for the poet, and nature is used for its imagery, for its symbolic meaning, and for its role as a powerful force in human life. Nature was elevated to a high position by the Romantic poets, but poets before that time used nature as well. Many poets show a particular affinity for nature, tending to delve into it as an example of fertility, a connection with the infinite, a symbol of human sexuality, and so on.
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"Nature is a source of inspiration for the poet, and nature is used for its imagery, for its symbolic meaning, and for its role as a powerful force in human life. Nature was elevated to a high position by the Romantic poets, but poets before that time used nature as well. Many poets show a particular affinity for nature, tending to delve into it as an example of fertility, a connection with the infinite, a symbol of human sexuality, and so on. Poets such as Elizabeth Bishop, Marianne Moore, and C.K. Williams show an affinity for nature and develop images of nature by means of a strong sense of poetic language. Each shows ways in which form mirrors content, reflecting in some fashion an organic sense of both nature and language, and each also shows a certain self-consciousness about being a poet and being linked to a poetic tradition."
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Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell, 1991.
A comparison of the poetry, themes and philosophies of life, emphasizing poets' mutual influence. Including symbolism, imagery and personal relationship.
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"The purpose of this research is to examine selected poems of Elizabeth Bishop and to discuss them in connection with selected poems of Robert Lowell. The plan of the research will be to set forth the context in which connections between the work of the poets can be clarified, to discuss poems of Bishop that lend themselves to explication according to consistency of imagery or theme, and then to explore poems of Lowell that illuminate or contrast with Bishop's style and content. Evidence will show that there is a consistency in attempts by both of them to articulate a world view and poetic vision in the form of conversation, despite apparent differences in formal style and subject matter.
No discussion of the poetry of Bishop and Lowell would be complete without the knowledge that they were lifelong friends...."
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Nature in Poetry, 2002.
Shows how poets Elizabeth Bishop, Marianne Moore and C.K. Williams incorporate the imagery of nature into their works.
971 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 34.95
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Nature is a source of inspiration for the poet and nature is used for its imagery, for its symbolic meaning and for its role as a powerful force in human life. Many poets show a particular affinity for nature, tending to delve into it as an example of fertility, a connection with the infinite, a symbol of human sexuality, and so on. The paper examines how poets such as Elizabeth Bishop, Marianne Moore and C.K. Williams show an affinity for nature and develop images of nature by means of a strong sense of poetic language. It explores how each shows ways in which form mirrors content, reflecting in some fashion an organic sense of both nature and language.
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"Marianne Moore's metrical and linguistic complexity is evident in her poem "The Fish." The title of the poem bleeds directly into the first line to create an opening sentence: "The Fish/ wade/ through black fade." Moore often uses this technique to make the title part of the poem and to set it apart as a symbolic image of all that will follow. Similarly, the end of each stanza remains open, bleeding directly into the beginning of the next stanza. the entire poem is therefore interconnected, as if part of a larger unit. Critic Charles Molesworth identifies the poem as one of Moore's more complicated and says it shows a particular interest of hers: "Moore was very interested in the intersection between nature and culture" (Burgess)."
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Poetry Comparison, 2004.
Compares and contrasts Elizabeth Bishop's poem, "Filling Station", with Dana Gioia's poem, "California Hills in August".
1,299 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 43.95
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In this paper, the writer examines the tone, the meaning, and the themes of Elizabeth Bishop's poem, "Filling Station", and Dana Gioia's poem, "California Hills in August", while also comparing and contrasting them to each other.
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"Throughout history authors have used their works to convey messages and draw emotions from their readers. The poetry genre is perhaps the most emotion filled style of literature there is. Poetry allows the writer to draw on the deepest feelings and thoughts of those who read the works and from each poem the reader draws life based on their own past experiences. One of the most exciting elements of poetry is the fact that the reader takes the words and then responds with emotion based on the experiences they have had in life. Filling Station by Elizabeth Bishop and California Hills in August by Dana Gioia are classic examples of how poetry can affect each person in a different manner."
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"The Fish", 2002.
A review of Elizabeth Bishop's poem, "The Fish" using technique as described in Tom Furniss and Michael Bath's "Reading Poetry".
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This paper uses Tom Furniss and Michael Bath's book, "Reading Poetry" to explore intertextuality, discourse, history, the poetic situation, and poetic closure to do a systemic analysis of Elizabeth Bishop's poem, "The Fish."
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Nature in Literature, Drama and Poetry, 2002.
This paper explores how nature is portrayed in different literary works by such authors as Elizabeth Bishop, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jack London, Patrick Meyer, Henry David Thoreau and William Wordsworth.
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This paper compares and contrast how nature is portrayed in a variety of literary works. The works included in this paper are Elizabeth Bishop's ?The Fish,? Ralph Waldo Emerson's ?Nature,? Oliver Wendell Holmes's ?The Chambered Nautilus,? and Patrick Meyer?s ?K2," Jack London's "To Build A Fire," Henry David Thoreau's "Walden, Or Life in the Woods" and William Wordsworth''s ?The World is Too Much With Us." Some of the topics discussed include cruelty in nature, man's relationship with nature, the different elements of nature, the Romantic and Transcendentalist view of nature and the true communing of individual soul with nature. The paper concludes with the author tying all of these topics together by illustrating the similarities between human nature and nature itself.
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"Emerson is most concerned about how Emerson sees nature, and would like to see nature better as an American. Emerson does not consider that while observing nature everyone is not only changed internally by nature, whether by cold or by beauty, but also that the observer changes nature itself, even in as simple as something as walking through the perfect and untrodden snow. Just as animal life impacts and is impacted by nature; human beings exist a part of nature and are subject to natural forces. These forces include but are not limited to cold, illness, injury, death, birth, and seasonal extremes. The metaphor of the only observing eyeball denies such an impact."
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Poetic Techniques, 2004.
An analysis of the poetic techniques of Elizabeth Bishop and James Merrill.
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This paper looks at the poetry of Elizabeth Bishop and James Merril. The poems chosen here include Bishop's "Filling Station", ?At the Fishhouses" and "Lost in Translation". From Merril, the writer looks at "Willowware Cup" and "Voices from the Other World". The paper includes excerpts from the poems themselves.
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"In ?Voices From the Other World,? we see the confessionalist poet emerge. this poem reveals how the poet experimented with the Ouija board. The poet describes for us the teacup circling ?lazily about? (2) on the game board. The poet tells us an objective story about an engineer who died of cholera in Cairo when he was 22 years old.
Then, the poet brings us into his immediate world when the board tell him, ?Flee this house ?. . . You have no choice? (19-20). Shaken, but not moved, the poet does not flee the house and subsequently grows ?nonchalant/Towards the other world? ."
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The Fish, 2004.
This paper offers an explication of "The Fish" by poet Elizabeth Bishop.
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The paper explains "The Fish" by poet Elizabeth Bishop that focuses on the female persona of the poem and the epiphany undergone by her. The paper describes Bishop's use of images, rhyme and metaphor.
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"Elizabeth Bishop's poem "The Fish" embodies a speaker who is the persona of the poem. According to Kennedy, a persona or fictitious character is not the poet but the poet's creation. The persona in "The Fish" appears to be a female, primarily from the descriptions of the fish that focus on its physical homeliness and her depiction of various aspects of the fish in colors of pink rosettes of lime and akin to a big peony."
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"The Fish", 2007.
This paper provides an analysis of the symbolism employed by Elizabeth Bishop in her poem "The Fish".
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In this article the writer discusses the symbolism of the fish in Elizabeth Bishop's free-verse poem "The Fish". The paper examines Bishop's use of similes throughout the poem. In addition, the writer looks at her use of alliteration and assonance as a means to enhance the impact of the poem. The paper suggests that the fish primarily serves as a symbol of resiliency and survival and that it is a common symbol of Christianity and Christ.
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"A common symbol of Christianity and Christ, the fish serves as a multi-layered symbol in Bishop's poem. Because the fish has been hooked and is bloody and also because the fish emerges from the water a "venerable" creature, it readily symbolizes Christ. Moreover, the fish's attitude toward its captors is passive: "He didn't fight. / He hadn't fought at all." He "hung a grunting weight, / battered" just like the dying Jesus on the cross. Further Christian symbols include a simile referring to the "ancient wall-paper" of the fish's scales. The fish is also a foreign creature, who cannot survive on land just as human beings could not survive under water. His "frightening gills" labor at inhaling the "terrible oxygen" that provides sustenance to mammals but not to fish. Thus, the fish is exotic in its denotation of Christ and in its otherworldly appearance."
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