This is an analysis of Saving A Train by William Topaz McGonagall.

'Twas in the year of 1869, and on the 19th of November,
Which the people in Southern Germany will long remember,…

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Structure

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  • Stanzas: 18
  • Lines: 72

Repeated words/phrases

and, on, he, bridge, in

Anaphora

but, and, in