Think you’ve got your head wrapped around The Fish (Marianne Moore)? Put your knowledge to
the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. Opening and shutting itself like…
an injured fan
ash-heaps
barnacles
orange and gold clusters
Q. Of the crow-blue mussel-shells, one keeps adjusting the…
jellyfish
toadstools
ash-heaps
shafts of the sun
Q. The sea grows…
old in it
young
tired
children
Q. Crabs like green lilies, and submarine toadstools…
illuminate the sea
slide each on the other
open like injured fans
watch The Little Mermaid
Q. All external marks of abuse are present on this…
sea
black jade
defiant edifice
beat up cliff