Elizabeth Bishop
Lesson plans and teaching resources
|Biography and Background|
|Poems and Lesson Plans |
Elizabeth Bishop
Biography and criticism from the Internet Public Library.
Elizabeth Bishop
Criticism of "The Fish" and other poems.
Elizabeth Bishop: A Growing Legacy
An online collection of the poet's papers.
Something Antlered this way Comes
Critical analysis of "The Moose."
The Classroom Zoo
Students experiment with the use of factual information as a tool that a poet can use to communicate a message, idea, or thought. The students create a "classroom zoo," each choosing an animal and researching facts about that animal to include in their poem.
Elizabeth Bishop
Biography and links to "At the Fishhouses," "Filling Station," "In the Waiting Room," "One Art," "Suicide of a Moderate Dictator," "The Armadillo" (audio file of Bishop reading), "The Moose," "Visits to St. Elizabeths."
Elizabeth Bishop
A brief biography and text of "The Fish."
