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Ellisa Posted 11 years ago
interpretation of a part of a poem
Hi teachers!!
I'm reading a poem titled "Exchanging Hats" by Elizabeth Bishop and the second to the last stanza is very hard to understand. Could you translate it in prose style or a bit easy English so that I can get general meaning at least? THANKS A MILLION: )
Unfunny uncle, you who wore a
hat too big, or one too many,
tell us, can't you, are there any
stars inside your black fedora?
I'm reading a poem titled "Exchanging Hats" by Elizabeth Bishop and the second to the last stanza is very hard to understand. Could you translate it in prose style or a bit easy English so that I can get general meaning at least? THANKS A MILLION: )
Unfunny uncle, you who wore a
hat too big, or one too many,
tell us, can't you, are there any
stars inside your black fedora?
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The theme of the entire poem seems to be that hats, in the fashion sense, are for women. Men have just a couple of hat styles to choose from, one of which is the fedora - while women have literally thousands of styles of hats to choose from. "
- The theme of the entire poem seems to be that hats, in the fashion sense, are for women.
- Men have just a couple of hat styles to choose from, one of which is the fedora - while women have literally thousands of styles of hats to choose from.
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The theme of the entire poem seems to be that hats, in the fashion sense, are for women. Men have just a couple of hat styles to choose from, one of which is the fedora - while women have literally thousands of styles of hats to choose from.
In this stanza she seems to be saying that men have no business trying on women's hats, even as a joke: "Unfunny uncle [who liked to try on women's
In this stanza she seems to be saying that men have no business trying on women's hats, even as a joke: "Unfunny uncle [who liked to try on women's
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