"The Fish" by Elizabeth Bishop

It's as if the fish just "went with flow," referring to the words of the poet, "he didn’t fight. He hadn’t fought at all. He hung a grunting weight." In reading the poem, the fish appeared to be tired and just living; not ethusiastically happy to have life, "figuratively" speaking. Now that their time is coming to an end, it's appropriate and traditional to now celebrate the previous years of life through relaxation. It almost appeared that the fish was symbolic to the life of a senior citizen; someone well experienced who has served their time and is successfully retiring.