Analysis of Balmoral Castle
William Topaz McGonagall 1825 – 1902 (Greyfriars Parish, Edinburgh)
Beautiful Balmoral Castle,
Most handsome to be seen,
Highland home of the Empress of India,
Great Britain's Queen.
Your woods and waters and
Mountains high are most
Beautiful to see,
Near by Balmoral Castle
And the dark river Dee.
Then there's the hill of Cairngorm
To be seen from afar,
And the beautiful heathery hills
Of dark Lochnagar,
And the handsome little village-
The Castleton o' Braemar-
Which is most beautiful to see,
Near by Balmoral Castle
And the dark river Dee.
Then there's the handsome little church
Of Crathie- most beautiful to be seen ;
And the Queen goes there on Sunday
To hear the Word of God Most solemn and serene,
Which is most beautiful to see,
Nor far from Balmoral Castle
And the dark river Dee.
Then, when she finds herself
At leisure, she goes for to see
Her old female acquaintances
That lives on the river Dee,
And reads the Bible unto them,
Which is most beautiful to see,
Near by Balmoral Castle
And the dark river Dee.
Scheme | abxb xxcAC dexexeCAC xbxbCaC xcxcdCAC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10001010 110111 10110101100 1101 110100 10111 10011 1101010 001101 110111 111101 0010011 111 00101010 0111 11110011 1101010 001101 11010101 111100111 0011111 110111110001 11110011 11101010 001101 111101 11011111 0110100 1110101 01010101 11110011 1101010 001101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 936 |
Words | 173 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 5, 9, 7, 8 |
Lines Amount | 33 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 152 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 16, 2023
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