William McGonagall (March 1825 [2] – 29 September 1902) was a Scottish poet and public performer. He gained notoriety as an terrible poet who exhibited no recognition of, or concern …

McGonagall’s first career, as a Shakespearean actor—as Macbeth, he once reputedly refused to die onstage—informed the crowd-pleasing performance that was central to his second career …

McGonagall published over 200 poems in his lifetime, mostly on printed broadsheets he sold in the street or after giving one of his “entertainments”. These poems may be perused here, …

Thought to have been born in Edinburgh in 1825, and a resident of Dundee for most of his life, William McGonagall has long been regarded as ‘the worst poet in the history of the English …

2025年3月31日 · Read all poems by William Topaz McGonagall written. Most popular poems of William Topaz McGonagall, famous William Topaz McGonagall and all 204 poems in this page.

Though he’s best known today for The Tay Bridge Disaster, McGonagall actually published well over 200 poems in his lifetime. Explore this collection of his work, or try the “Gem of the Day” …

2021年3月5日 · William McGonagall (1825 – 1902) is remembered affectionately as Scotland’s worst poet. Indeed, it was his status as a bad poet who only seemed partially in on the joke, …

2020年8月16日 · McGonagall writes the poetry of plain, vapid, literal statement, completely devoid of any sophistication in vocabulary or sentence structure. There are no metaphors, or notable …

This is a list of poems by William McGonagall that have been published in book form, either during the poet's life or subsequently. A number of others only appeared in broadsheets or in local …

Born in Ireland in March, 1825, William McGonagall was a poet, actor, and weaver. He only published one collection of poems in his lifetime, Poetic Gems (Winter, Duncan & Co., 1890), …