Analysis of Limerick: There Was an Old Man who said,
Edward Lear 1812 (Holloway) – 1888 (Sanremo)
There was an Old Man who said, 'Well!
Will nobody answer this bell?
I have pulled day and night,
Till my hair has grown white,
But nobody answers this bell!'
| Scheme | AABBA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Limerick |
| Metre | 11111111 111011 111101 111111 111011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 161 |
| Words | 33 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 120 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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