's childhood was
marked by dislocation and loneliness. Her father died when she was an infant and her mother was
committed to mental institutions when she was four years old. Bishop was sent first to a
relative of her father, then later to an aunt. Themes of dislocation and loneliness are often
found in Bishop's poetry.
In " ," Bishop describes with painstaking
detail a fish that is dislocated and lonely. As the poem begins, the...
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