Limerick: There was a Young Lady of Poole
Edward Lear 1812 (Holloway) – 1888 (Sanremo)
There was a Young Lady of Poole,
Whose soup was excessively cool;
So she put it to boil
By the aid of some oil,
That ingenious Young Lady of Poole.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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Scheme | AABBA |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 151 |
Words | 32 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 5 |
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