A Cast Of Kings Comments
There sit or sway these self-crowned Kings of the Rod
Some by day as black flies swarm their baskets
Some by night, when the water seems deeper
Some by night so dark the plunk of bait going down
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1 – I sense 2 uses of " Cast" here. 1: the fishermen' & 2: their style of fishing but reading the title and beginning of the first stanza, it did not dawn on me this was about fishing. favorite lines: " And who will reign and rule until the day They're caught by death themselves" fishwife: [ i don't think you mean 'wives of fishermen OR of fish'] I guess you mean definition A in my comment’s second section to follow.
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2 – " noun A - a coarse-mannered woman who is prone to shouting. B - archaic a woman who sells fish." but if you are using " dread" as an adjective, " i don't get" your meaning. Are you ‘being funny’? " adjective: dread greatly feared; dreadful" the poem developed very nicely. to MyPoemList. bri :)
It is a shortened form of " dreadful" - I tend to shorten or make up words as part of my writing style for poems. Also, use intended as in your example A. Thanks! Jenny