This is an analysis of Broughty Ferry by William Topaz McGonagall.
Ancient Castle of Broughty Ferry
With walls as strong as Londonderry;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbbb cccccc ddcc Xdeecc caccc cccc ffggccc
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,4,6,5,4,7,
- Metre: 101001010 011111010 11011 110111010101 000111101 101000101 010100111 10110001 01010010101 1110110101 01101001 0111011101 1010111 01110111101 111010101 001001001001 10101110 0101011010101 010011110101 110111011011 111101111 1110100100001001 010010100110001 0010101010100 10011001001010001 1101010110101 1010100110001001 10100011100001 0011111011 1101101101 0010101010101 11100101 1010110110 0101001001111 10010100110001 11011101 010101110011 0010110101001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 38
Repeated words/phrases
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