Analysis of Loch Ness
William Topaz McGonagall 1825 – 1902 (Greyfriars Parish, Edinburgh)
Beautiful Loch Ness,
The truth to express,
Your landscapes are lovely and gay,
Along each side of your waters, to Fort Augustus all the way,
Your scenery is romantic...
With rocks and hills gigantic...
Enough to make one frantic,
As they view thy beautiful heathery hills,
And their clear crystal rills,
And the beautiful woodlands so green,
On a fine summer day...
From Inverneaa all the way...
Where the deer and the doe together doth play;
And the beautiful Falls of Foyers with its cystal spray,
As clear as the day,
Enchanting and gay,
To the traveller as he gazes thereon,
That he feels amazed with delight,
To see the water falling from such a height,
That his heed feels giddy with the scene,
As he views the Falls of Foyers and the woodlands so green,
That he exclaims in an ecstasy of delight -
Oh, beautiful Loch Ness!
I must sincerely confess,
That you are the most beautiful to behold,
With your lovely landscapes and water so cold.
And as he turns from the scene, he says with a sigh-
Oh, beautiful Loch Ness! I must bid you good-bye.
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Metre | 10011 01101 1111001 0111111011010101 11001010 1101010 0111110 111110011 011101 00100111 101101 11101 10100101011 001001111111 11101 01001 10100111001 11101101 11010101101 111110101 111011100111 110101100101 110011 1101001 11101100101 1110101011 011110111101 110011111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,029 |
Words | 192 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 28 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 817 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 190 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 29, 2023
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