Limerick: There was an Old Man with a Nose
Edward Lear 1812 (Holloway) – 1888 (Sanremo)
There was an Old Man with a nose,
Who said, 'If you choose to suppose,
That my nose is too long,
You are certainly wrong!'
That remarkable Man with a nose.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 16, 2023
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| Scheme | AABBA |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 159 |
| Words | 34 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
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