The three lines in this excerpt from Elizabeth Bishop's "the fish" show that the fish has given up struggling for survival after living a hard life are he didn't fight. he hadn't fought at all. he hung a grunting weight, battered and venerable and homely.
These lines show how after living a hard life, the fish gave up after struggling for survival.
The excerpt below in detail explains the three lines and what they represent.
"I caught a tremendous fish
and held him beside the boat
half out of water, with my hook
fast in a corner of his mouth.
He didn’t fight. ⇒The line shows that the fish has given up
He hadn’t fought at all. ⇒ depicts the struggle for survival
He hung a grunting weight, ⇒ portrayal of the hard life the fish lived.
battered and venerable
and homely. Here and there
his brown skin hung in strips
like ancient wallpaper,"
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