This is an analysis of Fishermen—not Of Galilee by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik.

THEY have toiled all the night, the long weary night,
They have toiled all the night, Lord, and taken nothing:--…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcb deXe Xfbf Xgbg adgc Xhgh
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11110101101 111101111010 010111111111 1101011010 111010011010 01001011111 1110010110 100101101 1011111101 1010111001 10110100010 1111111011 1010010100 1011011011 1001011110 1101011101 1111110101 1111101011 11111110011 01000101101 11110111010 1010011001 01111110011 1110110101
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 25

Repeated words/phrases

all, night, and, waters, thou, thee, not

Anaphora

they