This is an analysis of The Wreck Of The Thomas Dryden by William Topaz McGonagall.
As I stood upon the sandy beach
One morn near Pentland Ferry,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XaXa bcdc bdXd eeff gbdb hcic djhj dgeg icec gkjk idbdXkece
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 111010101 1111010 110100100 1101110 11010101 1010101 100100011 011101 1010101 111101 1010111100 01110101 1011101 0101000111 101011101 001001001 1110100101 1011111 11010101 1111001 0110100010 000101010 01110010 11010101 110101001001 1110001 1010100110 1010111 11101101001 10111001 01111101 01101 11111010 1010010 01110010 01100101 101100011 101101 10101101 011101 101110010 010111 10100111 110101 11010101 10100111 111010101 1110101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 12
- Lines: 48
Repeated words/phrases
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