Ad Piscatorem Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCDEEFGHHIIJJ| FOR these are sacred fishes all | A |
| Who know that lord that is the lord of all | A |
| Come to the brim and nose the friendly hand | B |
| That sways and can beshadow all the land | B |
| Nor only so but have their names and come | C |
| When they are summoned by the Lord of Rome | D |
| Here once his line an impious Lybian threw | E |
| And as with tremulous reed his prey he drew | E |
| Straight the light failed him | F |
| He groped nor found the prey that he had ta'en | G |
| Now as a warning to the fisher clan | H |
| Beside the lake he sits a beggarman | H |
| Thou then while still thine innocence is pure | I |
| Flee swiftly nor presume to set thy lure | I |
| Respect these fishes for their friends are great | J |
| And in the waters empty all thy bait | J |
Robert Louis Stevenson
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