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ElizabethBishop,(19111979),Herfirstattendedschool,Introduction,Americanpoet(lesbianpoet),short-storywriter,teacheratseveraluniversitiesthePoetLaureateoftheUnitedStates(1949-1950)thePulitzerPrizewinnerforPoetry(1956)theNationalBookAwardwinner(1970)amongothers.,Introduction:Herearlyyears,Theonlychildinthefamily.receivedalittleformalschooling.Herfatherdiedwhenshewaseightmonthsold,hermotherbecamementallyillandremainedinanasylumuntilherdeathin1934,shelivedwithhergrandparentsonafarm.,Introduction:Herearlyyears,In1918hergrandparentssenthertolivewithhermothersoldestsister,MaudBoomerShepherdson,andherhusbandGeorge.ThisexperienceisbrieflychronicledinherpoemInTheWaitingRoom.ThereshewasintroducedtotheworksofVictorianpoets,includingAlfred,LordTennyson,ThomasCarlyle,RobertBrowning,andElizabethBarrettBrowning.,Earlyinfluence,GreatlyinfluencedbythepoetMarianneMoore.(closemicroscopicinspectionofexperience.)SheandRobertLowellweregoodfriends,andinfluencedeachotherspoetry.(HisSkunkHour,whichwasmodeledonher“TheArmadillo.”),Hermajorworks,NorthSymbolicmeaning,IntheWaitingRoom,IntheWaitingRoom,TheStoryIntheWaitingRoombeginswiththespeaker,Elizabeth,sittinginthewaitingroomatthedentistsofficeonadarkwinterafternooninMassachusetts.Whileshewaitsforheraunt,whoisseeingthedentist,Elizabethlooksaroundandseesthattheroomisfilledwithadults.Tokeepherselfoccupied,shereadsacopyofNationalGeographicmagazine.Shelooksatpicturesofvolcanoes,famousexplorers,andpeopleverydifferentfromherself(includingnakedblackwomen),andisscaredbywhatshereadsandsees.,IntheWaitingRoom,TheStorySuddenly,shehearsacryofpainfromherauntinthedentistsoffice,andsaysthatsherealizesthatitwasmethatthecrywascomingfromheraunt,butalsofromherself.Sheimaginesthatsheandherauntarethesameperson,andthattheyarefalling.Inanattempttocalmdown,Elizabethsaystoherselfthatsheisjustabouttoturnsevenyearsold.Shecomparesherselftotheadultsinthewaitingroom,andwondersifsheisoneofthem.Sheseemstorealizethatsheis,andlookingaround,saysthatnothing/strangercouldeverhappen.,IntheWaitingRoom,TheThemes1.Themomentofawakeningconsciousnessortheself(youareanI,anElizabeth)sheassertsherownidentity.SheisElizabeth;shewillbesevenyearsoldinthreedays.Stillsheismovedbythemysteryofidentity.Whyshouldshebewhosheis?,IntheWaitingRoom,Themes2.therecognitionofherseparationfrom,andidentitywith,herworld,atoncefindingandlosingherself.Herbirthorawakeningcomeswithascreamfrominsidethedentistsofficethatisalsothevoiceofthechildinthewaitingroom,sinceinsidesayseither.Elizabeththenquestionsherbasichumanity,andasksaboutthesimilaritiesbetweenherselfandothers.Whatarethesimilaritiesbetweenherselfandheraunt?Betweenherselfandthenakedwomeninthemagazine?,IntheWaitingRoom,Themes3SenseofrealityorofhistorySheremembersthatWorldWarIisstillgoingon,thatshesstillinMassachusetts,andthatitsstillacoldandslushynightinFebruary,1918.4.senseofalienationoftheworldandofpeople,IntheWaitingRoom,Artisticfeatures1.seemingauthenticityandminutedetailsThepicturesofthewomenbothfascinateandhorrifythechild;shestaresattheirnakedbreastsandatthewireadornmentsbindingtheirnecks.Atthatmoment,shehearsherauntssoftgaspfromthedentistsoffice,andsheismovedbyaseriesofunderstandings.,Inth