The Fish Poem

Who wrote the poem?

• Elizabeth Bishop

• William Wordsworth

• William Shakespeare

• Emily Dickens

Name the simile in the poem

• He was speckled and barnacled

• I though of the coarse white flesh

• and the pink swim-bladder like a big peony

• big bones and little bones

What is the fish infested with?

• Shiny entrails

• a fine black thread

• sun-cracked thwarts

• tiny white sea lice

Does this poem have a rhyming scheme

• Yes

• No

Fill in the blank

The _____________ reds and blacks

• Dramatic

• Vibrant

• Bright

• Beautiful

He was __________ and __________

• Barnacles and Speckled

• Spotted and Speckled

• Barnacles and Dotted

• Speckled and Barnacles

How does the poet describe the fishes gills

• Scary

• Frightening

• Creepy

• Horrible

Fill in the blank:

the ___________ oxygen

• Terrible

• Horrible

• Nasty

• Disgusting

What poetic device does the poet use by describing the fish

• Metaphor

• Imagery

• Personification

• Alliteration

What flower does the poet compare the fishes swim-bladder to

• Primrose

• Poppy

• Petunia

• Peony