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The Fish by Elizabeth Bishop

Identifty in line

7: alliteration _______ _______

7: assonance _______ _______

definition of venerable: worthy of respect because of dignity or age.

8&9: two seemingly opposite words __________ & __________

10: assonance ______ _______ ______

11: similie: brown skin = __________________

19: assonance __________ __________ ________

20 & 21: assonance ________ _________ ________ ________

21: implied metaphor: seaweed = __________

23: surprising juxtaposition ____________ & ___________

What does this phrase draw the fish as? ____________________

26: how is "cut" used here? What is getting cut? What is cutting?

28: how is this similie true?

36 & 37: what are the two pairs of internal rhymes?

38: "Tarnished" has what connotation? Why this connotation?

42: What is the effect of having the fish not return the stare?

43-44: The fish leans toward a light. What does this light symbolize?

55: What is the strongest word in this line. It is used differently. Why? What are all the words connoting war or metalic machinery from line 38-61? What overall picture to these words paint the fish as?

What are all the "color" words in lines 69-75? Why use these here?

Why did the speaker let the fish go?

What is the point of the poem?

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