Analysis of Beautiful Monikie
William Topaz McGonagall 1825 – 1902 (Greyfriars Parish, Edinburgh)
Beautiful Monikie! with your trees and shrubberies green
And your beautiful walks, most charming to be seen:
'Tis a beautiful place for pleasure-seekers to resort,
Because there they can have innocent sport,
taking a leisure walk all round about,
And see the ang1ers fishing in the pand for trout.
Besides, there's lovely white swans swimming on the pond,
And Panmure Monument can be seen a little distance beyond;
And the scenery all round is enchanting I declare,
While sweet-scented fragrance fills the air.
Then away, pleasure-seekers of bonnie Dundee,
And have a day's outing around Monikie,
And inhale the pure air, on a fine summer day,
Which will help to drive dull care away;
As ye gaze on the beautiful scenery there,
Your spirits will feel o'erjoyed and free frozen care.
Then near to the pond there's a beautiful green sward,
Where excursionists can dance until fatigue does them retard;
And if they feel thirsty, the Monikie water's near by,
Where they can quench their thirst if very dry.
Then, after that, they can have a walk at their ease,
Amongst the green shrubbery and tall pine trees;
And in the centre of the pand they can see
Three beautiful little islets dressed in green livery.
Monikie is as bonnie a place as ye could wish to see,
And about eleven or twelve miles from bonnie Dundee;
It's the only place I know of to enjoy a holiday,
Because there's a hall of shelter there to keep the rain away.
Then there's a large park, a very suitable place,
For the old and the young, if they wish to try a race;
It's there they can enjoy themselves during the live-long summmer day,
Near to the little purling burn, meandering on its way,
And emptying itself into the pond of Monikie,
Which supplies the people with water belonging to Dundee.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1001111011 011001110111 10100111010101 0111111001 1001011101 010111000111 011101110101 011001110101001 00100111010101 111010101 101101011001 010110011 001011101101 111111101 111101001001 11011101101 111011010011 111101011101 011110011011 1111111101 110111101111 01011000111 00010101111 11001010101100 1111001111111 00101011111001 10101111101010 011011101110101 110110101001 1010011111101 111101011001111 11010110100111 010001010111 101010110010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 1,740 |
Words | 312 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 4, 6, 4, 4, 4, 6 |
Lines Amount | 34 |
Letters per line (avg) | 41 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 199 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 44 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 07, 2023
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