The Prodigal part 1 by Elizabeth Bishop Flashcards
Quote the first eight lines
“The brown enormous odour he lived by
was too close, with its breathing and thick hair,
for him to judge. The floor was rotten; the sty
was plastered halfway up with glass-smooth dung.
Light-lashed, self-righteous, above moving snouts,
the pigs’ eyes followed him, a cheerful stare-
even to the sow that always ate her young-
till sickening, he leaned to scratch her head.”
“The brown _______ ____ he lived by”
“The brown enormous odour he lived by”
“was too ____, with its ______ and ___ hair,”
“was too close, with its breathing and thick hair,”
“for him to ____. The floor was _____; the sty”
“for him to judge. The floor was rotten; the sty”
“was ______ halfway up with ____-_____ dung.”
“was plastered halfway up with glass-smooth dung.”
“Light-_____, self-_______, above moving ____,”
“Light-lashed, self-righteous, above moving snouts,”
“the ___ eyes followed him, a ______ stare-“
“the pigs’ eyes followed him, a cheerful stare-“
“even to the ___ that always ___ her _____-“
“even to the sow that always ate her young-“
Quote the next six lines
“But sometimes mornings after drinking bouts
(he hid the pints behind a two-by-four),
the sunrise glazed the barnyard mud with red;
the burning puddles seemed to reassure.
And then he thought he almost might endure
his exile yet another year or more.”
“till _______, he leaned to _____ her head.”
“till sickening, he leaned to scratch her head.”
“But sometimes _______ after drinking ____”
“But sometimes mornings after drinking bouts”
“(he hid the ____ behind a ___-by-____),”
“(he hid the pints behind a two-by-four),”
“the _____ glazed the ______ mud with ___;”
“the sunrise glazed the barnyard mud with red;”
“the ______ puddles seemed to _______.”
“the burning puddles seemed to reassure.”
“And then he ______ he almost ____ ______”
“And then he thought he almost might endure”
