This is an analysis of Beautiful Newport On The Braes O' The Silvery Tay by William Topaz McGonagall.
Bonnie Mary, the Maid o' the Tay,
Come! Let's go, and have a holiday…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXaa bbXX ccdd aaaa eebb ffggXffaa
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 101001101 111110101 010101101001 11011101 0100101010001 01000110011001 101110110001 10010110100101 101011100101 11010011001 101011001101 101001011001 111010101 010010010101101 111101011011 1010110011101 11010011111 100111001011 1011110010001 11100111001 111011011101 01010110111 10101100101 1010001001001010101 11111001 101111101 1101101101001 010101101001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 28
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