Argument - Elizabeth Bishop

Days that cannot bring you near

or will not,

Distance trying to appear

something more obstinate,

argue argue argue with me

endlessly

neither proving you less wanted nor less dear.

Distance: Remember all that land

beneath the plane;

that coastline

of dim beaches deep in sand

stretching indistinguishably

all the way,

all the way to where my reasons end?

Days: And think

of all those cluttered instruments,

one to a fact,

canceling each other's experience;

how they were

like some hideous calendar

"Compliments of Never & Forever, Inc."

The intimidating sound

of these voices

we must separately find

can and shall be vanquished:

Days and Distance disarrayed again

and gone... 

While reading the poem I was able to see personification on Days and Distance pulling the speaker away from something or someone.The meaning that I got from this poem was that the speaker has not been near her loved one for a long time. As days pass the distance separating them keeps getting bigger and bigger, seeming to argue with her. But, she believes that her and her loved one will win the argument. A good example of imagery being used is the line " Remember all that land beneath the plane" representing the huge distance there is between this two things. In stanza 3 the words " cluttered instruments" is a symbolism representing the sound of voices arguing."That coastline of dim beaches deep in sand stretching indistinguishably "  would be imagery representing the huge distance between.

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