In one poem, this poet described the burning feeling of "cold dark deep and absolutely clear" water andobserved, "it is like what we imagine knowledge to be." In another of he
In one poem, this poet described the burning feeling of "cold dark deep and absolutely clear" water andobserved, "it is like what we imagine knowledge to be." In another of her poems, two owls fly away fromthe conflagration caused by the crashing of an illegal fire balloon. That poem concludes with the image of"a weak mailed fist clenched ignorant against the sky." This poet of "At the Fishhouses" had a same-sexrelationship with Lota de Macedo Soares in Brazil, which she wrote about in Questions of Travel. This poetadvised the reader to "practice losing farther, losing faster" in a poem about things whose loss "is nodisaster." For 10 points, name this American poet of "The Armadillo" and "One Art."
In one poem, this poet described the burning feeling of "cold dark deep and absolutely clear" water andobserved, "it is like what we imagine knowledge to be."
Elizabeth Bishop