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Elizabeth Bishop’s poem entitled “The Fish” is an epic story of a recreational fisher and the catch of her lifetime, the elusive, battle tested fish. In a broader sense you would believe that the fisher, which I will refer to as she, for sheer purposes of my understanding of the character, on a leisure fishing trip, has conquered the glorious fish and is prepared to take home her prize. Rather, was it the fish that caught her? It is not a struggle between fish and fisher, instead a wrestling of her judgments to keep the fish or release him. In the end, overcome with appreciation for the fish she opts to put it back in the water.
Through this narrative poem, Bishop’s use of fruitful word choice and neat organization draws us into her unconscious battle with the fish. ... Further examination brings about her displeasure when she uses simile to refer to the fish as “ancient wall-paper […] like full-blown roses” (120).
Approximate Word count = 728
Approximate Pages = 2.9
(250 words per page double spaced)
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