Fishing is seen here, as in the earlier poem, as an image of quest and an image of desire.

和早期是一样，这里渔夫，代表探索和欲望。

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This is going to travel, fishing with his grandfather, visiting his grandfather's shoes' shop, things that were just an intriguing part of his life.

这个故事是关于，他和他祖父钓鱼，拜访他祖父的鞋铺，以及他生活的其它趣事。

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And just as in that earlier poem the act of fishing is symbolically resonant "The Fisherman" is an image of man searching the depths of the world for the wisdom that hides beneath the surface of things.

和以前的事一样,也是有象征意味的,渔夫是一个探索世界的深邃,和隐藏在事物表面下的智慧,的一个人物形象。

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