Analysis of Bonnie Montrose
William Topaz McGonagall 1825 – 1902 (Greyfriars Parish, Edinburgh)
Beautiful town of Montrose, I will now commence my lay,
And I will write in praise of thee without dismay,
And in spite of all your foes,
I will venture to call thee Bonnie Montrose.
Your beautiful Chain Bridge is magnificent to be seen,
Spanning the river Esk, a beautiful tidal stream,
Which abounds with trout and salmon,
And can be had for the catching without any gammon.
Then as for the Mid Links, it is most beautiful to be seen, And I'm sure is a very nice bowling green,
Where young men can enjoy themselves and inhale the pure air,
Emanating from the sea and the beautiful flowers there.
And as for the High Street, it's most beautiful to see,
There's no street can surpass it in the town of Dundee,
Because it is so long and wide,
That the people can pass on either side
Without jostling one another
Or going to any bother.
Beautiful town of Montrose, near by the seaside,
With your fine shops and streets so wide,
'Tis health for the people that in you reside,
Because they do inhale the pure fragrant air,
Emanating from the sea waves and shrubberies growing there;
And the inhabitants of Montrose ought to feel gay,
Because you are one of the bonniest towns in Scotland at the present day.
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Metre | 1001111110111 011101110101 0011111 1110111101 11001110100111 1001010100101 10111010 01111010011010 11101111110011101110101101 11110101001011 10010100100101 0110111110011 1111011001101 01111101 1010111101 011001010 11011010 1001111101 11110111 11101010101 01110101101 100101101101 000100111111 01111101101010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,192 |
Words | 223 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 3, 6, 7 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 40 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 190 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 44 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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