Tremendous The Fish

A “Tremendous” Fish “The Fish” written by Elizabeth Bishop is a poem that tells a unique story between a fish and the fisherman (narrator). This poem is filled with an assortment of visual imagery to help create an immense colorful image of what was going in in the little rented boat. Bishop creates a sense or respect also throughout the poem. The poem has a relationship made from beginning to end between the fish and the narrator. The catch of the “tremendous’ fish helps the reader understand why the fisherman lets the fish go in the end. Bishop shows tone and meaning at a deeper depth to show the reader the true meaning of what the narrator the narrator was thinking. These understanding are viewed through poetic elements such as imagery, symbolism, and tone. “The Fish” has so much imagery it is like watching this poem from a small distance in
So far the narrator has won this battle with the fish. Then narrator takes a deeper look at the fish and these “medals” lets the reader understand that this fish has won all the battles until the narrator. In line 75 Bishop spoke of a rainbow. In the end of the poem the narrator lets the fish go. The rainbow is a symbolism of victory, but who actually won the victory? Allport does a great job at explaining that there was not much action, but there was sense a movement, which is change in the readers mind “While there is not much action to speak of in the poem, there is a sense of movement, which we could account for by calling it the movement of the observer's own mind” (Allport). Bishop lets you decide on who won the victory between the fish and the narrator. In all the rainbow helps the reader see why the narrator lets the fish go. The color throughout the poem starts out dark and then fades into a bright color stream. The brightness at the end of the poem symbolizes that the victory is approaching