This is an analysis of Beautiful North Berwick by William Topaz McGonagall.
North Berwick is a watering-place with golfing links green,
With a fine bathing beach most lovely to be seen;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaXX bbcc ddee ffcc aagg ffff eehh
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11000100101011 001101110001 1101100101010 11001011001011000 01001001001010001 01110100010 10101101001 10101001110101001 0101101010100 1110010010100 100100101010110 1010101101010 1101011111 111010010001 11000110101 110010101110101 01010101010001 00011101010111 11110001001101001 110101110110111 1111000010100101 11101000110111001 100101000010001 11010101011101 101101101001 1110001001 1101010101 10101010110101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 28
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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