This is an analysis of The Summary History Of Sir William Wallace by William Topaz McGonagall.
Sir William Wallace of Ellerslie,
I'm told he went to the High School in Dundee,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XabbaacXbb ddaaXbaabX eeffgg aahhhhbb bbffff Xggiiffaa ffccaXcccdd
- Stanza lengths: 10,10,6,8,6,9,11,
- Metre: 11010010 01110011001 1010111 11011101 11011001 010101001 01100101 1011111001 1010101101 1110101110001 110010101 11010001 01010101 11011101 11011111 1110111 1011011 1011001 1110011101 111110011 10110101 1110011101 11111011 11011101 0101001111 010000101 01101111011 11101011101 111111011 10011100101 110101001 1010111 111010100111 1100101101 11011011011 1100101101 1110101011101 11100011111 11100101011 1010110110001 11010010 1001000101 1111101 101011001101 111001011 11011101 11101001 0101010101 010010101100101 11111101001 10010001111 111110101 111011101 11011101 11110101 10101110101 1011100101 101001001001 1010010101 11111011
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 60
Repeated words/phrases
to, them, they, your
Anaphora
for, and, the
