Analysis of Limerick:There was a Young Lady of Troy,
Edward Lear 1812 (Holloway) – 1888 (Sanremo)
There was a Young Lady of Troy,
Whom several large flies did annoy;
Some she killed with a thump,
Some she drowned at the pump,
And some she took with her to Troy.
Scheme | AABBA |
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Poetic Form | Limerick |
Metre | 11011011 11011101 111101 111101 01111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 167 |
Words | 35 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 5 |
Lines Amount | 5 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 126 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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