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Essay Archive - Elizabeth Bishop and Her Poem "Filling Station"
Elizabeth Bishop and Her Poem "Filling Station"
Elizabeth Bishop's skill as a poet can be clearly seen in the thought-
provoking poem entitled Filling Station. She paints the different language
levels of poetry with the skill of an artist-- she seems to have an eye for
detail as she contrasts the dark and dim reference of a filling station to a
more homey, pleasant atmosphere. Bishop aptly arranges her words and
expressions through the language devices of voice and metaphor.
In Filling Station, Bishop uses tone of voice brilliantly, through the
use of phonetics, to create the poem's initial atmosph....
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