The Fish
The Fish - meaning Summary
Legacy Misread by Future
The speaker addresses a fish that evades capture, imagining how future generations will recount the attempt to catch it. They predict that others will call the act harsh and blame the fish as unkind, despite the fish's natural, instinctive resistance. The poem contemplates reputation and misunderstanding: how simple actions or survival can be judged cruelly by those who inherit the story without knowing context.
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