Analysis of At The Gill-Nets
Duncan Campbell Scott 1862 (Ottawa) – 1947
Tug at the net,
Haul at the net,
Strip off the quivering fish;
Hid in the mist
The winds whist,
Is like my heart's wish.
What is your wish,
Your heart's wish?
Is it for home on the hills?
Strip off the fish,
The silver fish,
Caught by their rosy gills.
How can I know,
I love you so,
Each little thought I get
Is held so,
It dies you know,
Caught in your heart's net.
Tug at your net,
Your heart's net,
Strip off my silver fancies;
Keep them in rhyme,
For a dull time,
Fragile as frost pansies.
| Scheme | AABXAB BBCBBC DDADDA AAEFFE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101 1101 1101001 1001 011 11111 1111 111 1111101 1101 0101 111101 1111 1111 110111 111 1111 10111 1111 111 1111010 1101 1011 101110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 479 |
| Words | 102 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 24 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 92 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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