Analysis Of The Poem 'The Fish' By Elizabeth Bishop

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Superiority
The theme of “The Fish” by Elizabeth Bishop is power which, Bishop uses visual and kinetic images to demonstrate superiority between species. It’s more common to assume humans are the alpha. Bishop explains how ironic that assumption is.
“The Fish” is a poem about fishing. Bishop describes the fish she caught in detail. This form of imagery allows us to visualize what is happening in the story. Once we can visualize the actions as they’re being read, we can understand the theme better. “His brown skin hung in strips like ancient wallpaper. . .”. The diction of the poem makes the us realize we don’t see the fish as just a fish.
Now we see him as living creature. “While his gills were breathing in the terrible oxygen. . .”. (Line

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