Design by Isabelle [STUDENT]

“The Bass who survived the drama” 

This Found poem was birthed from the page 4 of “The bass the river and Sheila Mant” by W. D. Wetherell. The found poem reflexes an external conflict between man vs nature, in this case “I” the main character, being the protagonists and the bass, the nature taking up the role of the antagonist. The found poem reflects the conflict by using key words to picture a clear image of the conflict in the reader’s head. The poem shows the Bass and “I” fighting against each other, in the end, unfortunate for “I” but fortunately for the bass, it has gotten away. The inspiration I had for this design was from the story, including a river, a boat/canoe and lastly a fishing rod hooked to a bass, I was hoping to get a view that looks like a bass fighting back. Apart from the external conflict within the poem, there is also an internal conflict, man vs self, which would be; “I” wished to catch the fish and impress someone else on the canoe, he wanted to make a good impression towards that person, who is Sheila. Sadly, his passion for fishing isn’t something Sheila adores. When “I” caught the bass, it made “I” Incredibly happy, while “I” was fight the bass and tying to capture it, Sheila becomes inpatient which made “I” have to chose one thing over another, capture the bass or cope with his crush and row her back to shore, this is the climax of the story, knowing “I” has to choose, and this can be shown from the words; “Without a doubt, I would lose the fish” showing how “I” knew that to cope with Sheila, they would lose the fish. Hopefully things get better for “I.”