Analysis of Limerick: There was a Young Person of Crete
Edward Lear 1812 (Holloway) – 1888 (Sanremo)
There was a Young Person of Crete,
Whose toilette was far from complete;
She dressed in a sack,
Spickle-speckled with black,
That ombliferous person of Crete.
| Scheme | AABBA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Limerick |
| Metre | 11011011 1111101 11001 11011 111011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 162 |
| Words | 28 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 127 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 06, 2023
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