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."
“Some _____ books ______”
“Some comic books provide”
“the only ___ of _____-“
“the only note of colour-“
“of _____ colour. They lie”
“of certain colour. They lie”
“upon a big ___ ____”
“upon a big dim doily”
“draping a ______”
“draping a taboret”
“(part of the __), _____”
“(part of the set), beside”
“a big _____ begonia.”
“a big hirsute begonia.”
Quote the fifth stanza
"Why the extraneous plant? Why the taboret? Why, oh why, the doily? (Embroidered in daisy stitch with marguerites, I think, and heavy with grey crochet.)"
“Why the _______ plant?”
“Why the extraneous plant?”
“Why the _____?”
“Why the taboret?”
“Why, oh why, the ____?”
“Why, oh why, the doily?”
”(________ in ____ stitch”
“(Embroidered in daisy stitch”
“with ________, I think,”
“with marguerites, I think,”
“and _____ with grey ______.)”
“and heavy with grey crochet.)”
Quote the sixth stanza
"Somebody embroidered the doily. Somebody waters the plant, or oils it, maybe. Somebody arranges the rows of cans so that they softly say: ESSO-SO-SO-SO to high-strung automobiles." Somebody loves us all."
“Somebody_________ the doily.
Somebody _____ the plant,”
“Somebody embroidered the doily.
Somebody waters the plant,”
“or ___ it, _____. Somebody”
“or oils it, maybe. Somebody”
“_______ the rows of cans”
“arranges the rows of cans”
“so that they ____ ___:”
“so that they softly say:”
“____-SO-SO-SO”
“ESSO-SO-SO-SO”
“to high-____ automobiles.”
“to high-strung automobiles.”
“Somebody ____ us all.”
“Somebody loves us all.”
Quote the full poem
"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! 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. 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. 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. Why the extraneous plant? Why the taboret? Why, oh why, the doily? (Embroidered in daisy stitch with marguerites, I think, and heavy with grey crochet.) Somebody embroidered the doily. Somebody waters the plant, or oils it, maybe. Somebody arranges the rows of cans so that they softly say: ESSO-SO-SO-SO to high-strung automobiles. Somebody loves us all."
