Baskin Shark.

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"Rock"
Word Choice.
Suggests the hardness and immovability of the object met.
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"Swish"
Onomatope.
Sound of the water, also alludes to the idea of displacement in the previous Stanza,.
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"Match box brain."
Alternative metaphor.
The contrast of the sharks anormous body compared with it's tiny brain is elegantly portrayed here.
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"(Too often.)"
Word choice.
Implies this is not an encounter he wishes to repeat.
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"But not too often."
This is not an encounter he wishes to repeat of contradicts what he just said.
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"The thought made me grow pale."
Enjambment.
Scared due to the pure size of the shark.
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Card 2

Front

"Swish"

Back

Onomatope.
Sound of the water, also alludes to the idea of displacement in the previous Stanza,.

Card 3

Front

"Match box brain."

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

"(Too often.)"

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

"But not too often."

Back

Preview of the front of card 5
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