Elizabeth Bishop Flashcards
1
Q
When she was very young her father ?
And her mother
She lived with grandparents in
Earned bachelors degree from
A
Died
Mental asylum
Nova Scotia
Vassal college
2
Q
Independently wealthy from
She spent time traveling to places like ?
Settled in ? For four years
Her poetry is filled with
As with her Florida poems in first book of verse called
A
1935-1937 France Spain North Africa Ireland Italy Key west florida Descriptions of travel and scenery North and south published in 1946
3
Q
Influenced by
Unlike ROBERT Lowell bishops poetry avoids
And focuses more on
A
Marianne Moore
Explicit accounts of her personal life
Impressions of physical world
4
Q
Her images are ? And they reflect She loved for many years in ? Communicating in She wrote ? Collected poems number barely But what if her work is astonishing
A
Precise and true to life Own sharp wit and moral sense Brazil Letter A hundred Technical brilliance and formal variety
5
Q
For years she was considered But with publication of last book Bishop was finally established as a Awarded And served as ? Died in ? And her stature as a major poet continues to
A
Poets poet Geography III Major force in contemporary literature Fellowship of academy of American poets Chancellor Cambridge Massachusetts Grow
