Analysis of Limerick: There was an Old Man of Vesuvius,
Edward Lear 1812 (Holloway) – 1888 (Sanremo)
There was an Old Man of Vesuvius,
Who studied the works of Vitruvius;
When the flames burnt his book,
To drinking he took,
That morbid Old Man of Vesuvius.
| Scheme | AABBA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Limerick |
| Metre | 1111110100 1100110100 101111 11011 1101110100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 159 |
| Words | 31 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 122 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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