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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 atmosphere.....
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