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Elizabeth Bishop

Though she would publish only 101 poems in her lifetime, Elizabeth Bishop would become one of the most beloved of American poets. She was born in Worcester, Massachusetts on February 8th, 1911, to

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Fish, The

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Poetry Trivia

Question:

Who claimed Apollo had admonished him to "fatten his flock, but keep his muse slender"?

Answer

Callimachus wrote of receiving this advice about crafting shorter lyric poems instead of the imitations of Homer that were popular at the time.

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