This is an analysis of Montrose by William Topaz McGonagall.
Beautiful town of Montrose, I will now commence my lay,
And I will write in praise of thee without dismay,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbcXcc cddaaeeXXeeeddaa
- Stanza lengths: 8,16,
- Metre: 10010111010111 110101010101 1010111 10100111011 11001100100001 1001010100101 10101110 11011010011010 11101100110000110100101101 11110101101011 101000110100101 1110110110001 1111010001001 01001111 1010111101 01100101011001010 100101111011 01111111 11101010101 01110101101 1010001111100101 1001000111011 010010010101010011
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 23
Repeated words/phrases
of, and, beautiful
Anaphora
and, which
