tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5756292796580291035.post1332390001846259045..comments2023-10-01T01:56:19.699-07:00Comments on You Made Me Theorize: One ArtJoseph P. Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12757706787232014827noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5756292796580291035.post-45670304551118547062010-03-23T07:32:42.987-07:002010-03-23T07:32:42.987-07:00Something else we might consider, as we move into ...Something else we might consider, as we move into Plath, is the way that Bishop presents us with situations, sometimes mundane, that speak volumes about existence. We saw this to a degree today in class. Plath, in many ways, takes a similar stance about the enormity of the world around us.Joseph P. Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12757706787232014827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5756292796580291035.post-67812056344781003012010-03-22T21:47:15.647-07:002010-03-22T21:47:15.647-07:00For some reason, I read these poems with an image ...For some reason, I read these poems with an image of Bishop being a controlled, stoic kind of person. Then with One Art, it seemed to build up to a great loss of a person, and then she even said it wasn't a disaster. I'm not sure how to interpret it, since there's an ambiguous kind of irony in the poem. <br /><br />She advocates control of her emotions, moving on with life, but it seems like a facade and desperate attempt of reassurance. Saying that "losing isn't hard to master" is like clinging onto the notion that one can control loss, that one has authority over events they actually can't control. There's this whole tension and anxiety conflict underlying the seemingly stoic tone.<br /><br />It's late, and I'm rambling. Overall, I really like Bishop from what I've read. I didn't find this poem so much sad, as poignant and speaking volumes about life.Lilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11788992596159592630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5756292796580291035.post-49968955320989252792010-03-22T21:06:33.973-07:002010-03-22T21:06:33.973-07:00I interpreted things a bit differently. For me Bis...I interpreted things a bit differently. For me Bishop's point wasn't that we lose so many things that we must get used to it. I saw it more as her struggling with the fact that although she has lost so many things in her life there is one thing that she can't just accept like the rest. I think the question which follows is what makes something difficult to lose? It's as if there is a spectrum from losing keys to losing a loved one and you aren't sure when the loss becomes a disaster. I also think Bishop is struggling with an interesting paradox: although loss is inevitable she doesn't expect it... and maybe that's the real disaster.Mer Kleinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07295396547036366830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5756292796580291035.post-84143561886962154672010-03-22T15:39:19.603-07:002010-03-22T15:39:19.603-07:00Alex, I definitely agree with your interpretation ...Alex, I definitely agree with your interpretation of the poem. Although you found it to be overall depressing, I found it quite beautiful. Yes, losing objects and places and people is sad, but it is just a fact of life. While we lose the physical things themselves, it is difficult to lose the memories (unless nature hates you of course). Either way, we can't fret for too long over the things we lose and I feel like that is what Bishop is trying to get across most.Lauren Kardoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15449764158729260632noreply@blogger.com