Analysis of Another catch of fish

Royston 1946 (Reading)



All through the dark night we were toiling there
and as dawn rose we looked on in despair.
Then a voice called aloud from the sea shore
'On the other side you will catch much more.'

There on the other side we filled our net.
So many fish I will never forget.
Then,’It is the Lord,’ I heard someone say.
So I leapt out of the boat straight away.

To be close to You was my one desire
so I swam to join You there by the fire.
Then the others joined with us at the meal
Their great wonder unable to conceal

Then three times You asked me if I loved You,
and three times I said 'Lord, You know I do.'
And I thought as we dined by the sea shore
'I will not keep my distance any more.


Scheme AABB CCDD EEFF GGBB
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 1101110101 0111111001 1011011011 1010111111 11010111101 1101111001 11011111 1111101101 11111111010 11111111010 1010111101 1110010101 1111111111 0111111111 0111111011 1111110101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 680
Words 145
Sentences 9
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 129
Words per stanza (avg) 35

About this poem

Written after reading John 21: 1-11

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Submitted by royston on July 10, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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