Mcgonagall's Ode To The King by William Topaz McGonagall: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Mcgonagall's Ode To The King that begins with:

Oh! God, I thank Thee for restoring King Edward the Seventh's health again,
And let all his subjects throughout the Empire say Amen;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb aacc ccbb aabb ddaaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111010110010101 111001010100101 11111111 1110111101 110101111111 11001011111111 1101001011101 111110010100101 11010101110101 1101011110111 110101011010101 10101000101111 111110101 10011100001 111101001111 111100101011101 111011001001011 1111101001001 11101010101 1110101011111011 1101101011111 1100010011100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 230
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, may, he, his, be are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word may is repeated.

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