Frequently Missed Questions

Each stanza shows the speaker fishing in a different setting

Each stanza shows a different scene in the speaker's life

Each stanza has a different meter and rhyme scheme

Each stanza tells a different myth about Aengus, the god of love

An old man wanders in search of a beautiful girl who transforms from a fish he caught many years ago

An old man wanders in search of a beautiful girl whom he met during a fishing trip many years ago.

An old man wanders the land and fishes in every stream so he can catch a fish as beautiful as the first fish he ever caught

An old man wanders to a stream and makes a fishing rod out of a branch so he can catch a fish called "gimmering girl"

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