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What does the first stanza of "Pike" tell us about the fish?
Look for size, colour, nature and expression.
Why does the speaker mention a monastery in stanza 8?
Compare what has survived with what has disappeared.
Which stanza begins the first anecdote, about pike kept in a tank?
The middle movement covers stanzas 5 to 7.
In stanza 2, the pike's outline is compared to:
Think of a silent machine that hunts under water.
Answer with reference to stanzas 6 and 7, in which two large pike are found dead on a bank. (a) What had happened to them? (b) What general statement about pike comes just before this story, and how does the story support it? (c) Explain the comparison used for the eye of the outer fish. (d) How does this detail prepare for the end of the poem?
Connect the event, the general statement, the vice comparison and the watching motif.
Choose one stanza from the first movement and one from the last. Compare their techniques and their mood.
Compare who is watching, what can be seen, and how the mood differs.
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