This is an analysis of Forget-Me-Not by William Topaz McGonagall.
A gallant knight and his betroth'd bride,
Were walking one day by a river side,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccaX ccXX ddeX aaaX ffeX eefX aaaa Xcaa ggaa ddfX bbdd hheX
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 0101101001 0101110101 110111101 111010101 110100101 11010110101 1010011101 1111011110 1101110101 110111011 111111111 1110101111 110010111101 11110010101 10101010010 11011110100 1101110001 1001111 011110101 0101001110 110111110001 11110101 111010001010 1011111110 110101111010 00101110 01111101 11111101 111000101 110100101 010101011 11110010101 1110101100 11010101 10110101 101110100101 11110101 1100010101 1011100101 1101000101 1111101011 110100111 11110101 1101011110 111010101 01010101 1111011011 1110100111 110101111 1011011111 11011010101010 10010100101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 13
- Lines: 52
Repeated words/phrases
and, i, thee, but, he, my
Anaphora
i, and
