Elizibeth Bishop's thought-provoking poem entitled "Filling Station"

Elizabeth Bishop's skill as a poet can be clearly seen in the thought-provoking poem entitled Filling Station. She paints the different language levels of poetry with the skill of an artist-- she seems to have an eye for detail as she contrasts the dark and dim reference of a filling station to a more homey, pleasant atmosphere. Bishop aptly arranges her words and expressions through the language devices of voice and metaphor.         In Filling Station, …showed first 75 words of 963 total…

…showed last 75 words of 963 total…Filling Station has wonderfully played with different levels of language like voice and metaphor. The reader becomes actively involved in questioning their own filling station and the care they give toward it. Is he or she the station, one who drives by the station or one who gives to the station? Bibliography Bishop, Elizabeth. 'Filling Station.' An Introduction to Poetry. Eds. Dana Gioia and         X.J. Kennedy. Eighth Edition. New York: HarperCollins College Publishers,         1994.