Analysis of Limerick:There was an Old Person of Ems
Edward Lear 1812 (Holloway) – 1888 (Sanremo)
There was an Old Person of Ems,
Who casually fell in the Thames;
And when he was found
They said he was drowned,
That unlucky Old Person of Ems
| Scheme | AABBA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Limerick |
| Metre | 11111011 110001001 01111 11111 101011011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 147 |
| Words | 31 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 112 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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