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What does "The Shampoo" written by Elizabeth Bishop tell?

This is a love poem, written to Elizabeth Bishop's lover Lota de Macedo Soares. I am going to give a very impressionistic interpretation of it. A more literal close reading may not yield the same ...
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What does "The Shampoo" written by Elizabeth Bishop tell?

This is a poem about people's perception of, and response to, love and ageing and the passing of time. But it doesn't start that way. Rather, the first verse appears to be a poetic meditation on ...
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