The Fish by Elizabeth Bishop With fewer than fifty published poems Elizabeth Bishop is not one of the most prominent poets of our time. She is however well known for her use of imagery and her ability to convey the narrator?s emotions to the reader. In her vividly visual poem 'The Fish', the reader is exposed to a story wherein the use of language not only draws the reader into the story but causes the images to transcend the written work. In the poem, Bishop makes use of numerous literary devices such as similes, adjectives, and descriptive language. All of these devices culminate in the reader experiencing a precise and detailed mental image of the poem's setting and happenings. One of the most prevalent of the literary tools used in this poem is the simile. Repeatedly throughout the poem Bishop uses the simile to give the reader a clearer picture of the situation at hand. The simile is an ideal literary tool to use when the author is trying to convey a sensory description of an object or idea. When describing the fish?s physical appearance in lines 9-15 she compares the fish?s skin to ?ancient wallpaper?; this immediately gives the reader an impression of the age and outward appearance of the fish. Later in the poem when in lines 61-62 she describes the pieces of broken fishing line hanging from the fish?s mouth as ?medals with their ribbons / frayed and wavering? she is using a simile to give the impression of pride and honor. This comes at a point when ...
Our journey starts in the year 1853 with four Scandinavian indentured servants who are very much slaves at the cold and gloomy headquarters of the Russian-American fur-trading company in Sitka, Alaska. The story follows these characters on their tortuous journey to attempt to make it to the cost of Astoria, Oregon. Our list of characters consists of Melander, who is very much the brains of the operation as he plans the daring escape from the Russians. Next to join the team was Karlson, who was chosen by Melander because he is a skilled canoeman and knows how to survive in the unforgiving landscape of the Pacific Northwest. Third was Braaf, he was chosen because of his ability to steal and hide things, which made him a very valuable asset to the teams escape. Last to join our team is Wennberg who we know is a skilled blacksmith who happens to hear about their plan and forces himself into the equation.
In this poem called “Creatures” by the author Billy Collins there are three examples of figurative language helps convey the meaning that the author Billy Collins is conveying. The three examples of figurative language that the author Billy Collins uses are a metaphor, enjambment, and imagery. These three examples of figurative language help illustrate Billy Collins” theme in this poem called “Creatures” that he is writing because these three examples of figurative language help emphasize the theme of the poem. These three examples help emphasize this poem called “Creatures” meaning because it makes the theme of this poem have a deeper meaning. The theme of the author Billy Collins poem called “Creatures” is that the reader has to imagine
I was told from a young age the easiest way to get in touch with your cultural heritage is through food. Many good memories and cultural traditions are passed down via food. Food is a way of connecting people to each other, bringing up good memories from the past. Food has a way of healing old wounds and making people happier. You have a sense of pride knowing you are connected to your culture through the use of food. However there are times when you question your cultural food choices, particularly if you haven’t grown up on certain dishes.
Response to "The Fish" by Elizabeth Bishop. I chose to respond to Elizabeth Bishop's "The Fish" because the poem seems so simple, yet there is much to be learned from reading it. This is a narrative poem told in the first person about a woman who catches a fish on a rented boat and, after staring at him for a while, decides to throw him back. The narrator of this poem goes through a series of stages in which she is at first detached from the fish, then intrigued by him, and then finally sympathetic towards him. In the very first lines of Bishop's poem, the narrator catches the fish and treats him as such.
A poem without any complications can force an author to say more with much less. Although that may sound quite cliché, it rings true when one examines “The Fish” by Elizabeth Bishop. Elizabeth’s Bishop’s poem is on an exceedingly straightforward topic about the act of catching a fish. However, her ability to utilize thematic elements such as figurative language, imagery and tone allows for “The Fish” to be about something greater. These three elements weave themselves together to create a work of art that goes beyond its simple subject.
Deforestation in Costa Rica is done for many reasons, but one of the biggest reasons is for economical gain. Costa Rica is a third world country so money for the government is tight. “Wood is very easy to extract and tends to have a very high value”(PersonalColby). And because most of Costa Rica is a dense rainforest, the use of the wood for money is being used. The deforestation of Costa Rica affects the rest of the world because with the removal of the forests also comes the destruction of the ways we regain oxygen after exhaling carbon dioxide. “The resource of wood is know as a renewable and nonrenewable resource” (fao). This is because the tree is a plant and another one can grow, but not at the speed in which humans right now use the wood. “It takes within 65 years for a small region of a rainforest to regenerate”(rainforestmaker).
In the story "The Open Boat," by Stephen Crane, Crane uses many literary techniques to convey the stories overall theme. The story is centered on four men: a cook, a correspondent, Billie, an oiler who is the only character named in the story, and a captain. They are stranded in a lifeboat in stormy seas just off the coast of Florida, just after their ship has sunk. Although they can eventually see the shore, the waves are so big that it is too dangerous to try to take the boat in to land. Instead, the men are forced to take the boat further out to sea, where the waves are not quite as big and dangerous. They spend the night in the lifeboat and take turns rowing and then resting. In the morning, the men are weak and exhausted. The captain decides that they must try to take the lifeboat as close to shore as possible and then be ready to swim when the surf inevitably turns the boat over and throws the men into the cold sea. As they get closer to land a big wave comes and all the men are thrown into the sea. The lifeboat turns over and the four men must swim into shore. There are rescuers waiting on shore who help the men out of the water. Strangely, as the cook, captain and correspondent reach the shore safely and are helped out of the water, they discover that, somehow, the oiler has drowned after being smashed in the surf by a huge wave. (255-270) “The Open Boat’s” main theme deals with a character’s seemingly insignificant life struggle against nature’s indifference. Crane expresses this theme through a suspenseful tone, creative point of view, and a mix of irony.
Bishop’s use of imagism in “One Art” helps the reader to comprehend the ability of the speaker to move on from lost items such as a mother’s watch or loved houses.
Since poor people are in need of food, money and support they would lean in to destroying the plantation in the area to make room to create farms to support them and use the wood gathered to be able to sustain for themselves. In order to prevent this however the government would erect policies that would alleviate poverty and have policies such as creating more roads and dams that may at first may damage the environment but would in the end stop the people in poverty to think of other ways of surviving besides cutting down trees and making farms. In short term however many of these policies such as the construction of more roads and dams can affect the environment negatively. In order to build more the government would have to lead in to more deforestation to create space for the construction. These big construction plans can cause a big change in the ecological cycle and cause deforestation to continue even after these construction plans.
Bryant, when writing this poem, was only 17 years old, but that did not stop his amazing ability to shine through his work. Bryant’s similes are dynamic and powerful, not only because of the images that he uses, but also the simplicity in which he words them. Anyone can understand his flow from one image to another, making the figurative language commanding to the readers attention. Lines 77-81 demonstrates Bryant’s considerable range in depth, because he keeps his language simple and easy to understand. This allows more people to read and comprehend his poem, spending his purposes. “Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night,/ scourged to his dungeon, but sustained and soothed/ by an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave,/ like one who wraps
The high levels of deforestation in Haiti has caused to the country to suffer from massive amount of soil erosion. This erosion is being washed into the sea and has highly degraded the reefs around the country. The degradation of the reefs has caused local fish populations to vacate the area. This erosion caused by deforestation has led to the failing of the farming, fishing, and forest related occupations. Global warming is having a large effect on rainfall patterns in many poorer countries in the world. This change in rainfall and access to clean water has the potential seriously threaten agriculture productivity in these countries. Brown believes that climate change will lead to increased violence because people will begin to lose
Besides having the same name and subject, “The Fish” by Marianne Moore and “The Fish” by Elizabeth Bishop, don’t have much else in common. Moore’s poem, more or less, is about a fish swimming through the ocean after something terrible has happened to it (the ocean). Bishop’s poem is about a fish that has survived many encounters with death, a victor. Although they bear some minor similarities, the distinctions between Moore’s “The Fish” and Bishop’s “The Fish” are very prominent.
In "Surfacing," by Margaret Atwood, the unnamed protagonist acquires a radical perception of reality that is developed through an intense psychological journey on the island that served as her childhood home. Truth can be taken from the narrator's viewpoint, but the reader must explore the inner turmoil plaguing her in order to understand the basis of such beliefs. The narrator's perception of reality can be deemed reliable once all of these factors are understood; however, throughout the novel Atwood develops many unseen connections that are essential to such and understanding. Once the reader is able to understand the basis of the narrator's perception of reality, it is then possible to receive and accept Margaret Atwood's stance on the role of women and nature and, thus, discover the underlying meanings of the novel.
“The fish” by Ellizabeth Bishop and “Out, Out…” by Robert Frost. In the poem “The Fish” and “Out, Out”, both narrators describe nature and his beauty like art. Ellizabeth Bishop begins with a clear description of what happened as the fish was caught. Later on Ellizabeth uses descriptive language to describe the fish. This helps the readers visually imagine what;s going i their head. In “Out, Out”, Frost describes a young boy doing a grown up job. Similarly to Bishop, Frost uses descriptive language to help the readers imagine.
The Rainforests are being destroyed, daily at alarming rates. The deforestation is caused by three main factors: Commercial Logging, Non-commercial Farming Operations and Commercial Agricultural Development, there are also many minor factors, but the biggest of these is Cocaine production.