Poems: North & south.

Bishop's first collection, published in 1946, contains many interesting poems. The pages swarm with birds, fish, reptiles; there is even a man-moth. The poems are varied enough in theme and style to keep a reader interested through the volume, and it's nice and short, too. As poetry volumes often are. :) My favorite poems in this one are "The Monument", "The Fish", "The Gentleman of Shalott", and "The Man-Moth". Bishop likes to play with language, her images are captivating, acute observations. Her description of the fish's eye, for example, is wonderful. This is an enjoyable and accessible book of poetry.

For a more in-depth discussion of the poems in this book, you can visit my blog: outsideofacat.wordpress.com/2013/01/22/elizabeth-bishop-post-1-north-south-1946/ -- this is quite in-depth, with quotes and all, and may be too much detail for here. :)