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Comment 1 of 1, added on March 31st, 2006 at 2:08 PM.
One of the things I value about "Roosters," and Bishop's work in general, is her knack for finding a prosodic middle ground between strict iambics and free verse. In "Roosters" the loose tercets are reined in by the rhyme scheme. Also, the rhymes lend a playfulness to her treatment of male dominance and, later in the poem, the New Testament themes of betrayal and forgiveness. Handling a heavy subject lightly adds an emotional dimension to the proceedings. But then, in her life as well as in her poems, Bishop was seldom interested in assuming pat stances or in allying herself with solidarities.
Charles Behlen from United States
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One of the things I value about "Roosters," and Bishop's work in general, is her knack for finding a prosodic middle ground between strict iambics and free verse. In "Roosters" the loose tercets are reined in by the rhyme scheme. Also, the rhymes lend a playfulness to her treatment of male dominance and, later in the poem, the New Testament themes of betrayal and forgiveness. Handling a heavy subject lightly adds an emotional dimension to the proceedings. But then, in her life as well as in her poems, Bishop was seldom interested in assuming pat stances or in allying herself with solidarities.
Charles Behlen from United States