This is an analysis of Going Wrong by Jack Gilbert.
The fish are dreadful. They are brought up
the mountain in the dawn most days, beautiful…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XabcdXedaccXbXdXfXcfdXce
- Stanza lengths: 24,
- Metre: 011101111 01000111100 110011011001 011100111 10100001011 100101110110000 01011011100 110001010101 10001010100 010110101110 0101111011 1101110011101 0111000011001 011010011011 101000110111 01010111101100 11110111001 101111110011 11111000110 0101101101 11011111011 1010010100011 1010111010 10101110110
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 24
Repeated words/phrases
to, and, you, of
Anaphora
the
Anadiplosis
you