Analysis of An Address to the Rev. George Gilfillan
William Topaz McGonagall 1825 – 1902 (Greyfriars Parish, Edinburgh)
All hail to the Rev. George Gilfillan of Dundee,
He is the greatest preacher I did ever hear or see.
He is a man of genius bright,
And in him his congregation does delight,
Because they find him to be honest and plain,
Affable in temper, and seldom known to complain.
He preaches in a plain straightforward way,
The people flock to hear him night and day,
And hundreds from the doors are often turn'd away,
Because he is the greatest preacher of the present day.
He has written the life of Sir Waiter Scott,
And while he lives he will never be forgot,
Nor when he is dead,
Because by his admirers it will be often read;
And fill their minds with wonder and delight,
And wile away the tedious hours on a cold winter's night.
He has also written about the Bards of the Bible,
Which occupied nearly three years in which he was not idle,
Because when he sits down to write he does it with might and main,
And to get an interview with him it would be almost vain,
And in that he is always right,
For the Bible tells us whatever your hands findeth to do,
Do it with all your might.
Rev. George Gilfillan of Dundee, I must conclude my muse,
And to write in praise of thee my pen doss not refuse,
Nor does it give me pain to tell the world fearlessly, that when
You are dead they shall not look upon your like again.
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Metre | 11101110101 11010101110111 11011101 0011010101 01111111001 1000100101101 1100011101 0101111101 010101110101 01110101010101 11100111101 01111110101 11111 0111010111101 0111110001 0101010010101101 11101001011010 11010110111110 011111111111101 0111101111111 0011111 1010111011111 111111 1110101110111 0110111111101 1111111101111 1111111011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,290 |
Words | 256 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 27 |
Lines Amount | 27 |
Letters per line (avg) | 38 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 1,022 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 254 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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