This is an analysis of Mcgonagall's Ode To The King by William Topaz McGonagall.
Oh! God, I thank Thee for restoring King Edward the Seventh's health again,
And let all his subjects throughout the Empire say Amen;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabb aacc ccbb aabb ddaaaa
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,6,
- Metre: 111111010110010101 111001010100101 11111111 1110111101 110101111111 11001011111111 1101001011101 111110010100101 11010101110101 1101011110111 110101011010101 10101000101111 111110101 10011100001 111101001111 111100101011101 111011001001011 1111101001001 11101010101 1110101011111011 1101101011111 1100010011100101
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 22
Repeated words/phrases
and, may, he, his, be
Anaphora
may

