Tin Fish
Tin Fish - meaning Summary
Trapped by War at Sea
The poem depicts lethal naval warfare from the attackers' perspective. It presents sailors or weapons confined between hostile ships above and deadly forces below, describing life and death inside the "belly of Death." Ships watch with many eyes, yet the attackers still deliver a sudden, fatal strike. The final image contrasts buoyant seaport mirth with the grim silence that follows when the attackers' blow lands.
Read Complete AnalysesThe ships destroy us above And ensnare us beneath. We arise, we lie down, and we In the belly of Death. The ships have a thousand eyes To mark where we come . . . But the mirth of a seaport dies When our blow gets home.
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