Juxtaposition of Life and Death

1. A missile that swam, now lying in front of me dead.

2. Dead in front of me, catafalqued king of my own ocean. Once sappy as a sprung fir in the green turmoil, 

3. Once seed to sea-quake, tidal wave, now simply dead remains.

4. The only true machine of the sea: unflawed, undefiled, navigating now the waters of death.

The poem uses a lot of juxtaposition between motion and death.

Ode to a large tuna at the market paragraphs

"Ode to a Large Tuna at the Market" is a poem that describes a tunas life, including life and death. The juxtaposition of life and death describes how the fish has an exciting and free life until it finally dies within the market. The juxtaposition is used to first describe the amazing life the tuna is having and how free it is, then adds one word: dead, at the end, to give you the feeling that the fish is never the same as it used to be. This makes a contrast in the poem, one saying the fish is alive and one that it's already dead.

In the poem "Ode to a Large Tuna in the Market" the author uses a lot of juxtapostion between motion and death. Describing a tunas life and death. There is juxtapositions using metaphors. At the beginning of the poem, it describes how the fish was a torpedo and a missile that swam, then simply states that it's dead. This is a strong juxtaposition between motion and death using metaphor.

There is also a juxtaposition with age in the poem. Describing that the tuna once was sappy as a sprung fir, indicating that it was young. Then describes that it is now a catafalqued king, which indicates that the tuna was old. The juxtaposition between young and old is used successfully in the poem.

The idea of motion throughout the poem