Select the correct text in the passage.
Which three words or phrases in this excerpt from Elizabeth Bishop's "The Fish" compare the fish to an old, experienced soldier?
A green line, frayed at the end
*where he broke it, two heavier lines,*
and a fine black thread
still crimped from the strain and snap
*when it broke and he got away.*
*Like medals with their ribbons*
frayed and wavering.
*a five-haired beard of wisdom*
*trailing from his aching jaw*
I stared and stared
*and victory filled up*
the little rented boat,
from the pool of bilge
where oil had spread a rainbow
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