One Art By Elizabeth Bishop B.A/B.Sc English Summary Reference Context Explanation Notes Elizabeth Bishop: American poetess. She was born in 1911 and died in 1979. Elizabeth Bishop's father died when she was an infant and her mother was taken to a mental institution. Painfully aware of death and defeat, she grew up in Nova Scotia and Boston and began to write poems as a schoolgirl before going to Vassar College, New York. 'To a Tree' with its reference to 'tiny tragedies and grotesque grieves', is an extremely assured performance for a girl of sixteen. The mature 'Song' expresses Bishop's feelings of isolation as she measures the distance between herself and others: 'The friends have left, the sea is bare/that was strewn with floating fresh green weeds'. For Bishop life is a gift that always seems joust out of reach. Yes/but. Summary The plain and straightforward but ironic poem “ One Art” is related to philosophy as well as religion. The poetess...
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