| Summary: | 碩士 === 中國文化大學 === 西洋文學研究所 === 85 === My purpose in this thesis is to explore the pattern, meaning,
and continuity in the three phases of Elizabeth Bishop's poetry
by adopting her method of careful observation. In doing
this, I intend to show how Bishop's physical journey became a
resource in her poetry for the journey to master this
chaoticworld. To achieve this end, I examine the development in
the imagery coming from her travels and the passing of time.
Chapter one focuses on how a personidentifies the self in the
unapproachable world. The second chapter deals with the
relationships between master and servant that reveal Bishop's
concernfor the people who suffer from class alienation. Chapter
three discusses three successful examples of achieving a
sense of victory, love, and joy by domesticating the unknown
world. By the discussions of the rich varieties of resources in
the three chapters, we may find that domesticating the unknown
worlds is Bishop's way of mastering the sense of loss and the
sense of homelessness in a traveling life.
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