Analysis of Limerick: There was an Old Man who said, 'How
Edward Lear 1812 (Holloway) – 1888 (Sanremo)
There was an Old Man who said, 'How
Shall I flee from that horrible cow?
I will sit on this stile,
And continue to smile,
Which may soften the heart of that cow.'
Scheme | AABBA |
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Poetic Form | Limerick |
Metre | 11111111 111111001 111111 001011 111001111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 166 |
Words | 36 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 5 |
Lines Amount | 5 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 123 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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