Deconstruction in "The Fish
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Questions for response

lines 41/42- "They shifted a little, but not/ to return my stare"
How would the ambiguous perspective of these lines (within the context of the rest of the poem) inform a deconstructionist reading of the poem?



lines 59/60 - "still crimped from the strain and snap/ when it broke and he got away"
How might a deconstructionist argue that the knowledge of age and/or death represents the possibility of freedom in the poem?



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