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Elizabeth Bishop was born on 8th February 1911, in Worcester, Massachusetts. After her father died and her mother was put in a mental asylum when she was very young, Bishop was first sent to live with her maternal grandparents in Nova Scotia and later lived with paternal relatives in Worcester and South Boston. From 1935… Continue reading First Death in Nova Scotia Summary by Elizabeth Bishop: 2022

‘Poets and Pancakes’ was written by Asokamitran, a famous Tamil writer and winner of Sahitya Akademi. He was one of the few writers who could write in Tamil and English fluently and wrote several novels and hundreds of short stories in his career over six decades. He spent the starting years of his career in… Continue reading Poets and Pancakes Summary and Analysis | Class 12: 2023

This analysis of Elizabeth Bishop’s “Chemin de fer” is divided into four sections – context, rhyme scheme and rhetorical devices, ambiguity, and deeper meaning. Context: “Chemin de fer” was first published in Bishop’s collection of poetry entitled North and South, published in 1946. In French, “chemin de fer” means “railroad,” and hence the title of… Continue reading Chemin de fer Summary and Analysis by Elizabeth Bishop: 2022