“Tin Fish”
Rudyard Kipling * Track #16 On The Fringes of the Fleet
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- #12Submarines
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- #13Labour and Refreshment
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- #14Underwater Works
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- #15Four Nightmares
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- #16“Tin Fish”
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- #26Wasted Material
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- #27The North Sea Patrol
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- #28Patrols II
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"Tin Fish" by Rudyard Kipling
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This is a general statement about submarine warfare during World War One. The submarine is hunted above and below the surface, but when it strikes, the results can be catastrophic.
One could say it survives the perils of the first stanza in order to attack on the second.
“Tin Fish” Annotated
“Tin Fish”
1914-18
(Sea Warfare)
The ships destroy us above
And ensnare us beneath.
We arise, we lie down, and we move
In the belly of Death.
The ships have a thousand eyes
To mark where we come . . .
But the mirth of a seaport dies
When our blow gets home.