Analysis Of The Fish By Elizabeth Bishop

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Why Analysis "The Fish"? Bishop says that her poem is the truth, but she admits that she changed one detail. “…the poem says he had five hooks hanging from his mouth, but actually he only had three…” (Doty n.pag.). "The Fish" by Elizabeth Bishop is essentially more concerned with exactly how it happened and not an emphasis on precision. Bishop may have spoken only the truth, nonetheless there is still deeper meaning behind her words. However, Carol Frost in "A Poet 's Inner Eye" he found out that “"The Fish" was a conflation of several fishing trips and that the noble and "homely" fish of the poem” (Frost n.pag.). Her fishing trip changed into an aspect of man and the natural world and the choice of power over it or humility. Let’s start with "The Fish" by Bishop’s themes in the poem, corresponding choices, man and the natural world, power, and humility. Choices on whether to let the fish live or die, or keep the fish or to let him go as seen in lines 1-2, or …show more content…

And Bishop feels lucky to have encountered such a remarkable fish. Now with "The Fish" by Bishop’s sound check in the poem, alike rhythmic and alliteration. Bishop use the rhythmic power of "and" throughout the poem to keep the flow going. She use “and” to put two sentence together to preserve the flow of the poem. Alliteration is having the same first consonant sound, occur close together in a series, and Bishop decreases it some, by creating a sense of sonic unity without blasting out somebodies eardrums. “Here are some examples: "skin in strips"; "crisp with blood,/ that can cut"; "big bones and the little bones,/ the dramatic reds and blacks."” (Shmoop Editorial Team). Let’s end with "The Fish" by Bishop’s imagery techniques in the poem like, symbol, kinetic, kinesthetic, and symbolize. Symbol; Expectation vs. Outcome,

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