Analysis of Ad Piscatorem
Robert Louis Stevenson 1850 (Edinburgh) – 1894 (Vailima, Samoa)
FOR these are sacred fishes all
Who know that lord that is the lord of all;
Come to the brim and nose the friendly hand
That sways and can beshadow all the land.
Nor only so, but have their names, and come
When they are summoned by the Lord of Rome.
Here once his line an impious Lybian threw;
And as with tremulous reed his prey he drew,
Straight, the light failed him.
He groped, nor found the prey that he had ta'en.
Now as a warning to the fisher clan
Beside the lake he sits, a beggarman.
Thou, then, while still thine innocence is pure,
Flee swiftly, nor presume to set thy lure;
Respect these fishes, for their friends are great;
And in the waters empty all thy bait.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110101 1111110111 1101010101 11011101 1101111101 1111010111 1111101011 01110011111 10111 11110111111 1101010101 01011101 1111110011 1101011111 0111011111 0001010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 667 |
Words | 132 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 523 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 130 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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