This is an analysis of A Tribute To Dr. Murison by William Topaz McGonagall.
Success to the good and skilful Dr Murison,
For golden opinions he has won…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XabX ccdd dXaa eedd ffbb aaddbX
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,6,
- Metre: 0100011010100 110010111 0010111 1011100 1010101101 1110111111 11110101001 111010101101 1111111101 111101011100 1010100111001 011110001010101 1110100010101 010001110001 1010101111 0101010001 1010001001 10011101 01001111 011111101 101010001010101 101101011111 111101110011 1111101011001 01101010101 00100100100
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 26
Repeated words/phrases
and, i, to, he
Anaphora
he, and
