In “The Shark” by EJ Pratt, the poet tends to use “he” to refer to the shark. The poet also describes the shark in a way that leads us to think that the shark is a symbol representing war. The poet suggests this by using metallic descriptions of the shark such as “sheet metal,” “three-cornered,” “knife-edged,” “tubular,” and “metallic gray” (4-6, 10, 19-20). It could therefore be that the poet does this to associate the shark with weapons used in warfare, unfortunately the association of metal in the poem. In my version, the shark is “she” rather than “he”. This changes the meaning of the poem. The meaning I'm trying to convey to readers is how women tend to think about each other. In the original version, the poet associates the shark with the description of metal. In my version, the metal descriptions mentioned above are now "pennant flag", "silver gray", "live edge", and "canular" (4-6, 10, 19-20). Women are different from men. They do not use violence to solve problems, but instead use their words and intelligence. When you use these words, you can feel the change in tone from a harsher tone to a softer tone, similar to the difference between violence and words. In line 15, the shark attacks a flatfish. In my version also line 15, the shark only glows because the females are not as aggressive as the males. Females tend to look down on other females, just like the shark does in the poem. Throughout “The Shark” by EJ Pratt, the poet uses many effective dictions such as “quietly,” “stirred,” “broken,” “flash,” “shearing,” and “pliant” (2, 7, 15 ,17,23-25). These words are effective in their tone and meaning. Comparing “slammed” to “glowered,” “glowered” has a less dangerous tone (15). In my version, replacing all the effective diction changes the tone of the poem. In the original version, the poet describes the shark in a way that leads us to believe that the shark is an inscrutable, fearless and powerful creature by using metallic descriptions of the shark such as "sheet metal", "three-cornered", " knife ". -edge", "tubular" and "metallic gray" (4-6, 10, 19-20). With the changes in diction, the feeling is no longer there and now creates a feminine feeling of the shark, where the shark seems less terrifying due to different wording such as "slightly" to "thin" (24) In the original version there is a repetition of the word "quietly" which is now "casually". ».” (2, 25).