An Address To The New Tay Bridge Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AABBAAAAAACCAAAAAAAD DCC EEAAAACC AAAAFFCC CGHIAAGCC JJAAKKLLCCC

Beautiful new railway bridge of the Silvery TayA
With your strong brick piers and buttresses in so grand arrayA
And your thirteen central girders which seem to my eyeB
Strong enough all windy storms to defyB
And as I gaze upon thee my heart feels gayA
Because thou are the greatest railway bridge of the present dayA
And can be seen for miles awayA
From North South East or West of the TayA
On a beautiful and clear sunshiny dayA
And ought to make the hearts of the Mars boys feel gayA
Because thine equal nowhere can be seenC
Only near by Dundee and the bonnie Magdalen GreenC
Beautiful new railway bridge of the Silvery TayA
With thy beautiful side screens along your railwayA
Which will be a great protection on a windy dayA
So as the railway carriages won t be blown awayA
And ought to cheer the hearts of the passengers night and dayA
As they are conveyed along thy beautiful railwayA
And towering above the Silvery TayA
Spanning the beautiful river shore to shoreD
Upwards of two miles and moreD
Which is most beautiful to be seenC
Near by Dundee and the bonnie Magdalen GreenC
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Thy structure to my eye seems strong and grandE
And the workmanship most skilfully plannedE
And I hope the designers Messrs Barlow and Arrol will prosper for many a dayA
For erecting thee across the beautiful TayA
And I think nobody need have the least dismayA
To cross o er thee by night or by dayA
Because thy strength is visible to be seenC
Near by Dundee and the bonnie Magdalen GreenC
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Beautiful new railway bridge of the Silvery TayA
I wish you success for many a year and a dayA
And I hope thousands of people will come from farawayA
Both high and low without delayA
From the North South East and WestF
Because as a railway bridge thou art the bestF
Thou standest unequalled to be seenC
Near by Dundee and bonnie Magdalen GreenC
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And for beauty thou art most lovely to be seenC
As the train crosses o'er thee with her cloud of steamG
And you look well painted the colour of maroneH
And to find thy equal there is noneI
Which without fear of contradiction I venture to sayA
Because you are the longest railway bridge of the present dayA
That now crosses o'er a tidal river streamG
And the most handsome to be seenC
Near by Dundee and the bonnie Magdalen GreenC
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The New Yorkers boast about their Brooklyn BridgeJ
But in comparison to thee it seems like a midgeJ
Because thou spannest the Silvery TayA
A mile and more longer I venture to sayA
Besides the railway carriages are pulled across by a ropeK
Therefore Brooklyn Bridge cannot with thee copeK
And as you have been opened on the th day of JuneL
I hope Her Majesty Queen Victoria will visit thee very soonL
Because thou art worthy of a visit from Duke Lord or QueenC
And strong and securely built which is most worthy to be seenC
Near by Dundee and the bonnie Magdalen GreenC

William Topaz Mcgonagall



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