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Original poem reprinted online here:   "It Is Marvellous..." by Elizabeth Bishop Originally read: October 7, 2013 More information about the Poet: Elizabeth Bishop This Elizabeth Bishop poem caught me off guard.  The poem seems deeply personal, but when I read the poem again, the tone is more of a discussion of romance -- the outsider perspective -- rather than being in one. "It is marvellous to wake up together / At the same minute, marvellous to hear / The rain begin suddenly all over the roof"  The first three lines focuses on the scene of the poem as the image of the rain falling is combined with a couple waking up -- what colors this image is the idea of "marvellous" and the continuous usage of the word starts to have me disbelieve its meaning. "To feel the air clear / As if electricity passed through it / From a black mesh of wires in the sky"  Cliche.  The simile is referring to the sound of rain falling on the roof, but also can be contra...