<P> The poem is notable for its directness in approaching the taboo topic of the sexual trade involving a father and his daughter . In the very second line, the fisherman asks casually "will you have her?". However, the exact intention of the father is couched in subtle and ambivalent imagery: - "trailing his nets and nerves" and "his white bone thrashing his eyes". A wide range of poetic devices has been employed to bring out the mind's trappings in the flesh . </P> <P> The vivid imagery of the seashore in the poem depicts the circumstances that compel a woman to sell her body through prostitution . Some commentators have pointed out the brutal treatment of sexuality in the poem . </P>

What is the poetic form of the poem hunger