The Filling Station by Elizabeth Bishop Flashcards
“Oh, but it is ____!”
“Oh, but it is dirty!”
“-this little ______ station,”
“-this little filling station,”
“oil-______, oil-_______”
“oil-soaked, oil-permeated”
“to a ______, over-all”
“to a disturbing, over-all”
“black __________.”
“black translucency.”
“Be ______ with that ____!”
“Be careful with that match!”
Quote the first stanza
"Oh, but it is dirty! - this little filling station, oil-soaked, oil-permeated to a disturbing, over-all black translucency. Be careful with that match!"
Quote the second stanza
"Father wears a dirty, oil-soaked monkey suit that cuts him under the arms, and several quick and saucy and greasy sons assist him (it's a family filling station), all quite thoroughly dirty."
“Father ____ a dirty,”
“Father wears a dirty,”
“oil-soaked ______ suit”
“oil-soaked monkey suit”
“that cuts him _____ the ____,”
“that cuts him under the arms,”
“and ______ quick and ____”
“and several quick and saucy”
“and _____ sons _____ him”
“and greasy sons assist him”
“(it’s a _____ filling station),”
“(it’s a family filling station),”
“all quite _______ dirty.”
“all quite thoroughly dirty.”
Quote the third stanza
"Do they live in the station? It has a cement porch behind the pumps, and on it a set of crushed and grease- impregnated wickerwork; on the wicker sofa a dirty dog, quite comfy."
“Do they ___ in the station?”
“Do they live in the station?”
“It has a _____ porch”
“It has a cement porch”
“behind the _____, and on it”
“behind the pumps, and on it”
“a set of ______ and grease-“
“a set of crushed and grease-“
“__________ wickerwork;”
“impregnated wickerwork;”
“on the ____ sofa”
“on the wicker sofa”
“a dirty ____, quite ____.”
“a dirty dog, quite comfy.”
Quote the fourth stanza
"Some comic books provide the only note of colour- of certain colour. They lie upon a big dim doily draping a taboret (part of the set), beside a big hirsute begonia."
