The Prodigal - Elizabeth Bishop Flashcards
1
Q
The brown…
A
enormous odor he lived by was too close, with its breathing and thick hair, for him to judge.
2
Q
The floor…
A
was rotten; the sty was plastered halfway up with glass-smooth dung.
3
Q
But sometimes…
A
mornings after drinking bouts, he hid the pints behind a two-by-four the sunrise glazed the barnyard mud with red;
4
Q
But evenings…
A
the first star came to warn.
5
Q
The pigs…
A
stuck out their little feet and snored.
6
Q
the lantern…
A
-like the sun, going away - laid on the mud a pacing aureole
7
Q
he felt…
A
the bats’ uncertain staggering flight, his shuddering insights
