Analysis of A Tribute to Dr. Murison
William Topaz McGonagall 1825 – 1902 (Greyfriars Parish, Edinburgh)
Success to the good and skilful Dr Murison,
For golden opinions he has won
From his patients one and all,
And from myself, McGonagall.
He is very skilful and void of pride;
He was so to me when at my bedside,
When I turned badly on the 25th of July,
And was ill with inflammation, and like to die.
He told me at once what was ailing me;
He said I had been writing too much poetry,
And from writing poetry I would have to refrain,
Because I was suffering from inflammation on the brain.
And he has been very good to me in my distress,
Good people of Dundee, I honestly confess,
And to all his patients as well as me
Within the Royal city of Dundee.
He is worthy of the public's support,
And to his shop they should resort
To get his advice one and all;
Believe me on him ye ought to call.
He is very affable in temper and a skilful man,
And to cure all his patients he tries all he can;
And I wish him success for many a long day,
For he has saved me from dying, I venture to say;
The kind treatment I received surpasses all
Is the honest confession of McGonagall.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 011010111 110010111 1110101 0111 111010111 111111111 11110101111 01110100111 1111111101 111111011100 0110100111101 01111001010101 0111101110101 110101110001 0111101111 0101010101 1110101001 01111101 11101101 011111111 11101000100011 011111011111 011101110011 1111111011011 01101010101 101001011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,051 |
Words | 214 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 6 |
Lines Amount | 26 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 138 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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