This is an analysis of The Christmas Goose by William Topaz McGonagall.
Mr. Smiggs was a gentleman,
And he lived in London town;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaXa Xbcb Xdbd XacX ddaa cefe XXec gXbX acfc hhaX aaeX egcg becX
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 10110100 1110101 01110011 110101 11101 1110111001 10101001 10001 10110 11011 11101 11101 1010011 1111 1111011 011010 1010010111 110111001 1101111 010110101 11101 101011 1010110 01001 1111101 1101100 10101111 111101 10010100101 110101 11111010 10101001 1010111010 11001 1111010 01111 111100110 101001101110 1111111 111011110 101011011 0111111 01001101 1101010100 10000101 11111101 11110101 110111 101010111 101111 11111111 111000100
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 13
- Lines: 52
Repeated words/phrases
he
Anaphora
and
Epiphora
frown
