The fish quotes - Elizabeth Bishop Flashcards
1
Q
I caught…
A
a tremendous fish
2
Q
He didn’t…
A
fight. He hadn’t fought at all. He hung a grunting weight,
3
Q
Here and there…
A
his brown skin hung in strips like ancient wallpaper,
4
Q
While his…
A
gills were breathing in the terrible oxygen - the frightening gills, fresh and crisp with blood
5
Q
I thought…
A
of the coarse white flesh packed in like feathers
6
Q
I looked…
A
into his eyes which were far larger than mine
7
Q
and then…
A
I saw that lower lip - if you could call it a lip-grim, wet, and weapon-like, hung five old pieces of fish-line
8
Q
Like medals…
A
with their ribbons frayed and wavering
9
Q
I stared…
A
and stared and victory filled up the little rented boat,
10
Q
until everything…
A
was rainbow, rainbow, rainbow! And I let the fish go.
