Analysis of Limerick of Kelly



There once was a girl named Kelly
And her butt was just way too smelly
The neighbors complained
Only when it rained
Would her disgusting body smell well


Scheme AABBC
Poetic Form Tetractys  (60%)
Cinquain  (20%)
Lanturne  (20%)
Metre 11101110 001111110 01001 10111 100101011
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 148
Words 28
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 5
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 125
Words per stanza (avg) 28
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Submitted on August 27, 2017

Modified on March 05, 2023

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