Analysis of Limerick: There was a Young Lady of Portugal
Edward Lear 1812 (Holloway) – 1888 (Sanremo)
There was a Young Lady of Portugal,
Whose ideas were excessively nautical:
She climbed up a tree,
To examine the sea,
But declared she would never leave Portugal.
| Scheme | AABBA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (60%) Limerick (60%) Cinquain (20%) |
| Metre | 1101101100 101000100100 11101 101001 10111101100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 166 |
| Words | 30 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 130 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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