Analysis of Limerick: There was a Young Lady of Norway,
Edward Lear 1812 (Holloway) – 1888 (Sanremo)
There was a Young Lady of Norway,
Who casually sat on a doorway;
When the door squeezed her flat,
She exclaimed, 'What of that?'
This courageous Young Lady of Norway.
| Scheme | AABBA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Limerick |
| Metre | 11011011 110001101 101101 101111 101011011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 170 |
| Words | 33 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 129 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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