Analysis of There Once Was A Fellow Called Croll
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis 1876 (Auburn) – 1938 (Melbourne)
There once was a fellow called Croll,
Who loved to hear periods roll
On his musical tongue.
It is he who has sung,
'Ev'n sev'n heav'ns giv'n buy not my soul'.
Scheme | AABBA |
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Poetic Form | Limerick |
Metre | 11101011 11111001 111001 111111 111111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 162 |
Words | 33 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 5 |
Lines Amount | 5 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 118 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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