Application of the Scientific Method to Elizabeth Bishop’s “The Fish” and “The Monument”

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dc.contributor.advisorBierds, Linda
dc.contributor.authorHill, Rachel Leann
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-14T03:29:44Z
dc.date.issued2020-08-14
dc.date.submitted2020
dc.descriptionThesis (Master's)--University of Washington, 2020
dc.description.abstractThis essay explores how the principles of the scientific method can be applied when thinking about poetry. Poets and scientists use similar patterns of inquiry, like those reflected in the scientific method, to develop an understanding of the natural world and of human experiences. This essay offers close readings of Elizabeth Bishop’s “The Fish” and “The Monument” through the languages of poetic and scientific discourse. Poems with scientific craft or thematic concerns will not push a preconceived agenda, just as scientific experimentation cannot be performed with a prescribed conclusion. In the case of the noted poems, I am concerned with examining how Bishop’s poems utilize scientific reasoning, specifically observation, to reveal non-scientific truths about their subjects.
dc.embargo.lift2025-07-19T03:29:44Z
dc.embargo.termsRestrict to UW for 5 years -- then make Open Access
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.otherHill_washington_0250O_21486.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1773/45975
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.rightsCC BY
dc.subjectbishop
dc.subjectpoetry
dc.subjectscience
dc.subjectCreative writing
dc.subject.otherEnglish
dc.titleApplication of the Scientific Method to Elizabeth Bishop’s “The Fish” and “The Monument”
dc.typeThesis

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