"Filling Station" by Elizabeth Bishop and "The Jailer" by Sylvia Plath - analysis and comparison of styles

1.Elizabeth Bishop - "Filling Station" The poem consists of seven stanzas. Most of them have six or seven verses, except the very last one, which contains only two. The first stanza, with a strong exclamation in the beginning verse, introduces the setting - a small, dirty gas station. There is a clearly visible intention of creating some kind of repulsion through the description, as everything is "dirty" and "oil-soaked" - a good example of Objective …

…yzed in this essay are almost incomparable in terms of poetic devices, yet they possess one common feature: both succeed in communicating the emotions to the reader, and in impressing him or her with their outstanding values. Bibliography: 1 http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/a_f/bishop/station.htm 2 http://www.electronicreferences.com/view.php/English/5188.htm 3 http://www.angelfire.com/ks/allthatshines/feminine/plath.html 4 http://www.ah-dann.freeserve.co.uk/page7.htm