Caught -- the bubble
in the spirit level,
a creature divided;
and the compass needle
wobbling and wavering,
undecided.
Freed -- the broken
thermometer's mercury
running away;
and the rainbow-bird
from the narrow bevel
of the empty mirror,
flying wherever
it feels like, gay!
Sonnet (1979)
Elizabeth Bishop
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Poem topics: away, mirror, rainbow, running, bird, narrow, spirit, level, broken, creature, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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