This is an analysis of Balmoral Castle by William Topaz McGonagall.
Beautiful Balmoral Castle,
Most handsome to be seen,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abXb XXcAC XXdXXXCAC XbXbCaC XcdcXCAC
- Stanza lengths: 4,5,9,7,8,
- Metre: 10001010 110001 10100100100 1101 111101 10111 10001 1101010 101101 1101010 001001 101001001 01100 10101010 0100110 10110001 1101010 101101 11010101 011100001 10111111 010101110101 10110001 11001010 101101 111101 11011101 01110100 1110101 11010100 10110001 1101010 101101
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 33
