Analysis of My Love Limerick



I'm in love with a girl named Meredith
There's nothing she can compare with
I love her so dearly,
And our love shines so clearly,
That mortal man might think it a myth


Scheme ABCCA
Poetic Form Cinquain  (40%)
Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 1011011100 11011011 110110 01011110 110111101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 163
Words 33
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 5
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 131
Words per stanza (avg) 33
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Submitted on September 28, 2009

Modified on March 05, 2023

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