Elizabeth Bishop Research Paper

Elizabeth Bishop is known as one of the “most important American poets” and whose poetry is known for “its ability to capture significant scenes.” (Elizabeth Bishop Poetry Foundation) Bishop’s poetry had more of a working class settings though she herself was wealthy. Now why is that? I believe it is because of where she grew up and lived. Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, raised in Nova Scotia, Canada, to New York where she would attend Vassar College. Where you are raised can truly effect who you are as a person. The town you stay in molds you as a person. However, Bishop live in three different towns.
The purpose of this research is to see how her writing was based off of where she lived. And since she lived I three different towns, one

town being in Canada. I will have to travel extensively for about three months I would like to divulge myself into her world into her world. Where I can live and breathe the air she did. I would focus on the towns she stayed in and how they are. Then I would do extensive research on how these towns were around her era and see how its changed. Comparing the towns now and then will help me see how it has changed. With the information I gather from her towns and her as a person. I can answer many questions that people may not have been able to answer before. For instance, why her poems have the themes and tones they do and why her poems are based off Nova Scotia even though she did not live there long. How could a town in Canada make that much of an impact?
After my three months of extensive research I would use my gathered information and share it to the college she attended, newspapers, scholars who have dedicated their lives to learning about Elizabeth Bishop. Secondly I would like to publish my research in a book for everyone to read. I may be able to uncover secrets about her writing and I believe I should share this with the world. I am sure that this research will be a most successful one and a valuable one.