This is an analysis of Young Munro The Sailor by William Topaz McGonagall.

'Twas on a sunny morning in the month of May,
I met a pretty damsel on the banks o' the Tay;…

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Structure

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  • Stanzas: 14
  • Lines: 56

Repeated words/phrases

i, on, and, to, your, her, you, they

Anaphora

i, and, when

Epiphora

glad