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…

Browse poems by Jack Gilbert

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