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"... Darts like a tracer –
bullet back between stones
and is never burnt out."

The words 'darts' and 'bullet' which could also be referred to as a gun allow the reader to imagine how quickly the trout swims away after he has already finished eating.

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"Is fired from the shallows
white belly reporting
flat; ..."

These lines show the movements of the trout as it describes the visibility of the swimming tracks underneath the water's surface.

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"Where water unravels
over gravel-beds..."

This brings the reader back to the actual setting that the trout in the river is placed in. The line before this one was very harsh, describing the actions of the trout while this one brings back the calm setting that originally started the poem. The area is also very shallow.

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         V A N I S H , T O R P E D O E D 

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         V A N I S H , T O R P E D O E D 

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"Picks off grass-seed and moths
that vanish, torpedoed."

The imagery shows the disappearance of the moth and how the cause of its disappearance, that is, it is attacked by the fish. Vanish and torpedoed both sound aggressive and torpedo could also refer back to the gun metaphor.

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"His muzzle gets bull’s eye;
picks off grass-seed and moths"

The word choice compares the trout to a gun. Muzzle has a double meaning as it could be referring to the trout opening his mouth or the open end of a gun. However, picking the grass-seed and moths shows the trout in his true animal nature.

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"O r slips like butter down

the throat of the river."

The trout is currently seen as the normal fish that quickly swims down the river. This also goes against the verb used to describe how the trout is hanging in the water two lines before.