This is an analysis of A Humble Heroine by William Topaz McGonagall.

'Twas at the Seige of Matagarda, during the Peninsular War,
That a Mrs Reston for courage outshone any man there by far;…

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  • Stanzas: 15
  • Lines: 60

Repeated words/phrases

of, they, to, her, it, and, their

Anaphora

and