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?