Analysis of Limerick:There was an Old Person of Anerley
Edward Lear 1812 (Holloway) – 1888 (Sanremo)
There was an Old Person of Anerley,
Whose conduct was strange and unmannerly;
He rushed down the Strand
With a pig in each hand,
But returned in the evening to Anerley.
| Scheme | AABBA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Limerick (80%) Tetractys (60%) Cinquain (20%) |
| Metre | 11111011 1011101 11101 101011 101001011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 172 |
| Words | 33 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 134 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 21, 2023
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