This is an analysis of Old Town Types No27 - Sergeant Mat Mcgillicuddy by Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis.
King of all the old town, gaoler, censor, too,
Bane of heavy sinners doing things they shouldn't do,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaXbccdd eeffggdd eeeeccdd hhiibXX
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,7,
- Metre: 10101110101 1010101011101 1000101000101 101110010001 11110011110111 101111010001 001001100010101 11010100010001 101010101010101 11010100010111 1110101011101 10101010111 0110011010111 01000101110101 001110101010101 1010100010001 111111110101 0101011110001 111111111010101 110101011111000 01010100010101 101010101111101 11000111010101 1110111101010001 111110100010111 111010011011101 11011001110101 101100111010101 0101010010101 101010101000101 11101011101010
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 31
Repeated words/phrases
of, his, days
