This author wrote the poem "First Death in Nova Scotia" while living in Brazil, where she carried on a tempestuous relationship with her (*) lover Lota de Mercedo Soares.
One work by this poet begins "In the cold, cold parlor," and describes a stuffed loon, shot by Uncle Arthur, who "took his own counsel / on his white, frozen lake / the marble-topped table" of the title event. In another poem, the narrator admires the "shapes like full-blown roses / stained and lost through age" displaying on an object whose "brown skin hung in strips / like ancient wallpaper." This author wrote the poem "First Death in Nova Scotia" while living in Brazil, where she carried on a tempestuous relationship with her (*) lover Lota de Mercedo Soares. Robert Lowell's "Skunk Hour" was dedicated to this woman, who described returning her catch after "everything was rainbow, rainbow, rainbow" in one poem and asserted that "the art of losing isn't hard to master" in another. For 10 points, name this American poet of "The Fish" who wrote the villanelle "One Art."
One work by this poet begins "In the cold, cold parlor," and describes a stuffed loon, shot by Uncle Arthur, who "took his own counsel / on his white, frozen lake / the marble-topped table" of the title event.
Elizabeth Bishop