This is an analysis of The Storming Of The Dargai Heights by William Topaz McGonagall.

'Twas on the 20th of November, and in the year of 1897,
That the cheers of the Gordon Highlanders ascended to heaven,…

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Structure

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  • Stanzas: 9
  • Lines: 36

Repeated words/phrases

of, their, and, to, always

Anaphora

but, and