This is an analysis of Wreck Of The Schooner Samuel Crawford by William Topaz McGonagall.

'Twas in the year of 1886, and on the 29th of November,
Which the surviving crew of the "Samuel Crawford" will long remember,…

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  • Stanzas: 14
  • Lines: 56

Repeated words/phrases

of, and, to, they

Anaphora

and, but, which