This is an analysis of An Address To Shakespeare by William Topaz McGonagall.

Immortal! William Shakespeare, there's none can you excel,
You have drawn out your characters remarkably well,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccdedeeeedeeffdeeXeeXeeggedhh
  • Stanza lengths: 33,
  • Metre: 0101011111101 1111110001001 100101010100101 1100111011010001 01010101011001 1101010001100011 100101001010001 001011101010101 0100010010101 11100010101011 11001010101001 101011101 0010011011101100101 11100110010010001 1010100100110101 11101011111010111 010010001110100101 1111101010101 01001010110101 10101010110101 0010010000101100101 11101101001000 110111 1011011011111 1000110101110 001100010011100101 10100101010001 100101001001001001 1111001101011101 0101010110101 1010010001010010101 1111010010010101 110010101101101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 33

Repeated words/phrases

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Epiphora

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