William McGonagall is renowned as Britain's worst poet, celebrated for his unintentionally hilarious verse. His work, often characterized by a deafness to metaphor and an inability to scan correctly, produces a unique comedic effect. The jarring rhythms, weak vocabulary, and ill-advised imagery combine to create some of the most amusing dramatic poetry in the English language. His readings were popular performance art, drawing audiences who appreciated his skill as a comic music hall figure.
Includes the famous poem 'The Tay Bridge Disaster' Boreas he did loud and angry bray, And shook the central girders of the Bridge of Tay On the last Sabbath day of 1879, Which will be remember'd for a very long time.