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Analysis and comments on Sleeping On The Ceiling by Elizabeth Bishop

Comment 1 of 1, added on April 21st, 2006 at 4:31 AM.

She maps the centre of Paris at night onto her bedroom ceiling and turns it into an image of absurd and perfect peace. A bit of a prosodic stumble in the middle, I think, but the end is wonderful, wistful, slightly tongue-in-cheek.

John Grenham from Ireland



Information about Sleeping On The Ceiling

Poet: Elizabeth Bishop
Poem: Sleeping On The Ceiling
Volume: North & South
Year: 1946
Added: Feb 20 2003
Viewed: 3206 times
Poem of the Day: Mar 15 2004


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