This is an analysis of An Excursion Steamer Sunk In The Tay by William Topaz McGonagall.
'Twas in the year of 1888, and on July the 14th day,
That an alarming accident occurred in the River Tay.…
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- Stanzas: 14
- Lines: 56
Repeated words/phrases
in, and, to, warning, of
Anaphora
which, and
