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Poet: Elizabeth Bishop
Poem: The Fish
Comment 10 of 10, added on September 29th, 2008 at 9:13 AM.
my interpretation of the "rainbow Rainbow rainbow" bit is that she is referring to the oil which has spilled (on the boat deck i think) and the sunlight is reflecting on the oil, making it look like rainbows, you know how it does. i also think that the reason she let the fish go was because,while looking in his eyes, they had a sort of moment. for one split second she saw herself in the fish. he was a "warrior" and had clearly beaten tough times (being caught 5 times but escaped) bishop too has experienced traumatic times but she always came out on top.she was a fighter and recognised this similar quality in the fish, and let him go
mary from Ireland
Comment 9 of 10, added on February 5th, 2008 at 8:43 PM.
what does the ending "until everything/was rainbow, rainbow, rainbow!" mean?
Shy
Comment 8 of 10, added on December 11th, 2006 at 6:12 PM.
I don't think Elizabeth is as sympathetic for the fish as everyone thinks she is, or just Kate, but Bishop does say she felt a sense of victory fill the boat, as if taking pride in catching the fish. Also she describes the other hooks in the fish by calling them medals
mike from United States
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my interpretation of the "rainbow Rainbow rainbow" bit is that she is referring to the oil which has spilled (on the boat deck i think) and the sunlight is reflecting on the oil, making it look like rainbows, you know how it does. i also think that the reason she let the fish go was because,while looking in his eyes, they had a sort of moment. for one split second she saw herself in the fish. he was a "warrior" and had clearly beaten tough times (being caught 5 times but escaped) bishop too has experienced traumatic times but she always came out on top.she was a fighter and recognised this similar quality in the fish, and let him go
mary from Ireland