The Catch Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDE FGHIAI JIKLAM NOPMQ R| You take me to the restaurant where one | A |
| plays God over a fish tank The fat trout | B |
| pace their green cage waiting to be taken | A |
| out of an element Who knows what they know | C |
| There are thirteen in a tank meant | D |
| for goldfish I don t care which one I eat | E |
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| But the waiter expects a performance | F |
| con brio This is a ritual | G |
| solemn as wine tasting or the Last Judgement | H |
| Eating is never so simple as hunger | I |
| Between the appetite and its satisfaction | A |
| falls the net groping blindly in dark water | I |
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| The fish startle and thrash You make your catch | J |
| flourishing a bit for the waiter | I |
| so as not to be thought a peasant You force | K |
| air into the trout's gills as if he were Adam | L |
| and send him squirming toward the kitchen | A |
| to be born Then it's my turn I surprise | M |
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| myself with my dexterity almost | N |
| enjoying the game A liter of wine | O |
| later the fish return foppishly dressed | P |
| in mushrooms and pimentos their eyes | M |
| dreamily hazed Darling I am drunk I watch you pluck | Q |
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| the trout's ribs out of your perfect teeth | R |
Erica Jong
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