This is an analysis of Loch Leven by William Topaz McGonagall.

Beautiful Loch Leven, near by Kinross
For a good day's fishing the angler is seldom at a loss,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: Xabbcc ddee cccX eeee Xaff
  • Stanza lengths: 6,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1001101110 100110010010101 1010010111 1101101001101 1010001001100001 010001001101010111 1101010110101 1010110111 1101011100101 100110101001000101 01101001010001 001001010101111 110010010110110101 01010100011011 1010101011101010 1010111010 110001000101 11110100100011 110110011110 101111100101 101111001001 1011010010001
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 22

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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