A Prodigal

A Prodigal
By Elizabeth Bishop

Physical
Atmosphere
Persona
-No direct role in actions of poem
-comments on side action
Protagonist
-"He" who lives in barn
-sent away (ordered?)
-why has he chosen to endure.
Pigs
Physical
Emotional/Psychological
Form
-puncation
-hyphen/ dashes
-compound words
-dashes
-emjambment
by sty bouts condure dark bard time
-conunctions
-4 sentences sstart w/ a but or and an
-incomplete?
-missing something
-dependent
-emphasis
-needs something else to exist.
Sound
Imagery
-Day to night
-mostly miserable sort of happy
-"burning puddle"
-oxymorn-apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction







QUESTIONS
Is the title supposed to be Ironic
Why is "farmer"'s roles?
Why did he stay so long
Why did he hide the drinks
Personification?
Breathing thick hair.
Exiled, for what
What is the significance of "the Ark"
Who/what is the persona?
Why animals?