Analysis of There Was an Old Lady Whose Folly
Edward Lear 1812 (Holloway) – 1888 (Sanremo)
There was an Old Lady whose folly
Induced her to sit in a holly:
Whereupon by a thorn
Her dress being torn,
She quickly became melancholy.
| Scheme | AABBA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Limerick |
| Metre | 111110110 010110010 101101 01101 11001100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 142 |
| Words | 28 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 110 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 07, 2023
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