What Is The Mood Of The Poem The Fish

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In the poem “The Fish” by Elizabeth Bishop the images represent the speaker's sense of respect toward the fish but also the fish's identification as a victor. In the beginning of the poem the speaker describes the fish in great detail: "...Here and there / his brown skin hung in strips / like ancient wallpaper" (Bishop lines 9-11). The audience can infer this quote explains the color and old age of the fish. The boat that is being used could be classified as a symbol through imagery to represent the fish. The boat is described as, "Around the rusted engine / to the bailer rusted orange / the sun-cracked thwarts" (Bishop lines 70-72). The boat is described as very worn and old which is also how the fish is described. Bishop writes with imagery

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