Analysis of Limerick: There was a Young Lady of Poole
Edward Lear 1812 (Holloway) – 1888 (Sanremo)
There was a Young Lady of Poole,
Whose soup was excessively cool;
So she put it to boil
By the aid of some oil,
That ingenious Young Lady of Poole.
| Scheme | AABBA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Limerick |
| Metre | 11011011 11101001 111111 101111 101011011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 151 |
| Words | 32 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 114 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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