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Elizabeth Bishop And Her Poem "Filling Station"
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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 ....
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....somebody embroidered the doily".
Whereas the [oi] sound created an oily sound of language throughout the
poem, the repetitive [ow] sound achieves a very different syntactical feature.
The cans which "softly say: /ESSO--SO--SO--SO" create a wind-like blowing
effect from the mouth. Each SO allows for a sort of visual metaphor to be
seen-- cars or the personified "high-strung automobiles" as they pass on by.
Not only are [oi] and [ow] sounds effectively used in this poem to create a
unique tone.... |
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