Analysis of Limerick: There was an Old Person of Cadiz
Edward Lear 1812 (Holloway) – 1888 (Sanremo)
There was an Old Person of Cadiz,
Who was always polite to all ladies;
But in handing his daughter,
He fell into the water,
Which drowned that Old Person of Cadiz.
| Scheme | AABBA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Limerick |
| Metre | 111110101 111011110 1010110 1101010 111110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 167 |
| Words | 33 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 128 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
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