Analysis of Limerick: There was an Old Person of Rhodes
Edward Lear 1812 (Holloway) – 1888 (Sanremo)
There was an Old Person of Rhodes,
Who strongly objected to toads;
He paid several cousins,
To catch them by the dozens,
That futile Old Person of Rhodes.
Scheme | AABBA |
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Poetic Form | Limerick |
Metre | 11111011 11001011 111010 1111010 11011011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 158 |
Words | 30 |
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) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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