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Help on English question.....

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  • 13-09-2007 8:15pm
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    Docasey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6 ✭


    Okay so basically, for homwork tonight, i have been asked a tricky english question concerning the poetry of John Montague. Speciffically it is the poem called The Trout....

    "Montague has often described searching for poetic inspiration to the activity of snaring a fish from a river bank. Do you think the catching of the trout could serve as a metaphor for the art of poetic creation."

    Could anyone rephrase that question or possibly suggest an answer?

    Any help would be appreciated...

    Thanks


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    PurpleFistMixer
    Registered Users Posts: 5,851 ✭✭✭PurpleFistMixer


    I'm not using/haven't read that poem, but I think the gist of the question is:
    "Do you think the catching of the trout could serve as a metaphor for the art of poetic creation?"
    As in, "How is catching a trout similar to writing a poem?" Or perhaps "How is catching a trout similar to thinking up a poem to write?"


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    Docasey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6 ✭Docasey


    nice one..


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