Poem Analysis of The River Of Leith by William Topaz McGonagall for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem The River Of Leith that begins with:

As I stood upon the Dean Bridge and viewed the beautiful scenery,
I felt fascinated and my heart was full of glee,... full text

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Rhyme scheme: abcc dXcc eebb dXff Xdgg hhgg iibb ddjj bbff bbkk ccbb bakkXbbcc
Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
Closest metre: iambic pentameter
Сlosest rhyme: couplets
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: heroic couplets
Metre: 11101011110100100 1110101111101 110101100001 011101101101 0100010100101 1110011010100 110001101 1110110001 10101001001 10100101011 11010100101101 010011101 010110101100001 101111100010 101101111 101001110101 01001100101 101010100011 10010100011 1111011011 111011101010 101001111110 11111111 11110110011 010010110101 1010100110001 11010010101 010101011111 01001010110001 00100111001 11010101010001001 01011101 101011111 10011101 10111010101 10010010111 0110101101001 111101000011101 0001010100101 111101001010111 011001001001 01001000011 1011010001 10100100101111 010111001001 00100111100 11101011111 0101010111011 111100010010111 1010010000101111 111110101011 01010011001001
Amount of stanzas: 13
Average number of symbols per stanza: 194
Average number of words per stanza: 38
Amount of lines: 52
Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, and, away, they, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word please at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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The River Of Leith by William Topaz McGonagall: poem analysis

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