The Fish
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"The Fish" is a celebrated poem by Elizabeth Bishop that offers a detailed, contemplative encounter with a caught fish, exploring themes of observation, empathy, and the beauty of the natural world.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Fish canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
literaryWork
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poem ⓘ |
| author | Elizabeth Bishop NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralAction | speaker catches and then releases a fish ⓘ |
| collectedIn |
North & South
NERFINISHED
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The Complete Poems of Elizabeth Bishop NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Elizabeth Bishop NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1940 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Partisan Review NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| form | free verse ⓘ |
| genre | lyric poetry ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalStatus | widely anthologized poem ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
the fish
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the speaker ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
imagery
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metaphor ⓘ personification ⓘ simile ⓘ symbolism ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | 20th-century American poetry ⓘ |
| motif |
hooks and lines
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light and color ⓘ rainbow ⓘ water ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
close observation of the natural world
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detailed visual description ⓘ psychological depth ⓘ |
| partOf | Elizabeth Bishop's poetic oeuvre ⓘ |
| periodOfCreation | 20th century ⓘ |
| setting | a fishing boat ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
American literature courses
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modern poetry courses ⓘ |
| subject | a caught fish ⓘ |
| theme |
aging and endurance
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empathy ⓘ human–animal relationship ⓘ observation ⓘ respect for nature ⓘ survival ⓘ the beauty of the natural world ⓘ transcendence ⓘ violence and restraint ⓘ |
| tone |
contemplative
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reverent ⓘ |
| writer | Elizabeth Bishop NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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