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MAP by ELIZABETH BISHOP

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: LAND LIES IN WATER; IT IS SHADOWED GREEN
Last Line: MORE DELICATE THAN THE HISTORIANS' ARE THE MAP-MAKERS' COLORS

Poem Sources:

SURVEY OF AMERICAN POETRY. VOLUME IX: WORLD WAR II & AFTERMATH.
  (1986)
 
READING MODERN POETRY.
  ENGLE, PAUL, & CARRIER, WARREN (EDS.)
  (1955)
 
THE NEW OXFORD BOOK OF AMERICAN VERSE.
  ELLMANN, RICHARD (ED.)
  (1976)
 
AMERICAN POETRY: THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. VOLUME 2. E. E. CU,MMINGS TO MAY SWENSON.
  (2000)
 
TRIAL BALANCES.
  WINSLOW, ANN (ED.)
  (1935)
 
COMPLETE POEMS.
  BISHOP, ELIZABETH
  (1969)
 



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