Analysis of A Flea And A Fly In A Flue
Ogden Nash 1902 (Rye, New York) – 1971 (Baltimore)
A flea and a fly in a flue
Were imprisoned, so what could they do?
Said the fly, "let us flee!"
"Let us fly!" said the flea.
So they flew through a flaw in the flue.
| Scheme | AABBA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Limerick |
| Metre | 01001001 001011111 101111 111101 111101001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 181 |
| Words | 40 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 135 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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