This is an analysis of Beautiful Comrie by William Topaz McGonagall.

Ye lovers of the picturesque, away, away!
To beautiful Comrie and have a holiday;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXbb ccbb dXeX ddaa ffff aaeX aaaa Xabb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 110001000101 0100100110101 11001001010101 1010001111001 0101001000110001 010000101010111 11101110101001 110101001010001 11100010011101 00100100101000 0110010101010100 11111100011101000 01010010010101 1000111000110010 1010110011001 1010101001100011101 111101010101 11001100101 1001001010001 010100101001 1010011111 011010111 110110101010 10111010111101 110100110111 10101011100011 11101011010011101 1110001000101 0100100110100 1011001010111 101001010110101 1011110011101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 8
  • Lines: 32

Repeated words/phrases

and, away

Anaphora

and

Epiphora

away