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Questions of Travel
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Elizabeth Bishop
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Questions of Travel Quotes
Find quotes from this poem, with commentary from Shmoop. Pick a theme below to begin.
Exploration Quotes
Think of the long trip home.Should we have stayed at home and thought of here?Where should we be today? (13-15)
The Home Quotes
There are too many waterfalls here; the crowded streamshurry too rapidly down to the sea, (1-2)
Man and the Natural World Quotes
There are too many waterfalls here; the crowded streamshurry too rapidly down to the sea,and the pressure of so many clouds on the mountaintopsmakes them spill over the sides in soft slow-motion,tu...