Analysis of Limerick: There was an Old Man of Kildare
Edward Lear 1812 (Holloway) – 1888 (Sanremo)
There was an Old Man of Kildare,
Who climbed into a very old chair;
When he said,-- 'Here I stays,--
till the end of my days,'
That immovable Man of Kildare.
| Scheme | AABBA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Limerick |
| Metre | 1111111 110101011 111111 101111 10100111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 161 |
| Words | 36 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 115 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 22, 2023
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