This is an analysis of Attempted Assassination Of The Queen by William Topaz McGonagall.

God prosper long our noble Queen,
And long may she reign!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaba ccdc efca aaXa aXbX gghg fhih cjbj ecXc dcbc biciXbege
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 11011101 11111 0111010 101101 11110101 011101 1111010 01110101 10010011001 11011 110100011 11101 0110011 10100001 111101101 110101 01000001 110011 111110100 010101 10101100 001101 1100010 1010011 1110101 010101010 11100101 00100010 0110101 001101 101011110 111101 11110010 111101 010100111 111101 1110101010 11010101 1111010 110101 1110010 11111 11101 11101 110101010 110101 11011101 001011
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 12
  • Lines: 48

Repeated words/phrases

he, her, and

Anaphora

and

Epiphora

queen