Insomnia
Transcript: The title of the poem is Insomnia, which means you can't sleep at night. We find out at the very end that the "moon", or a girl, has insomnia because she wishes that the "you" character loved her. The first stanza makes the girl sound dissatisfied with herself or her life, but we don't know why. The second stanza switches to a rebellious connotation with "tell it to go to hell" and "drop it down the well". The last stanza is full of mirror images from the "world inverted" where things are not like the real world including being loved by "you". The theme is that sometimes one needs to stay awake at night, when they are alone, to better understand one's self. Photo based on: 'horizon' by pierreyves @ flickr Insomnia The moon in the bureau mirror looks out a million miles (and perhaps with pride, at herself, but she never, never smiles) far and away beyond sleep, or perhaps she's a daytime sleeper. By the Universe deserted, she'd tell it to go to hell, and she'd find a body of water, or a mirror, on which to dwell. So wrap up care in a cobweb and drop it down the well into that world inverted where left is always right, where the shadows are really the body, where we stay awake all night, where the heavens are shallow as the sea is now deep, and you love me. Activity By: Elizabeth Bishop Analysis The whole poem is about a woman lying awake at night because it's the only time she has just for herself, wishing that this other person would love her. Have you ever stayed up all night? Get in a group of four or five and discuss why, what you did with that time, and how it effected you.
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