Analysis of A Dad From A Lotto He'd Won

George Cook 1934 (Lanarkshire)



A dad from a lotto he'd won
Bought a new toy car for his son
It was coloured sky-blue
Had front and rear lights too
And a number plate, WHO7FUN


Scheme AABBA
Poetic Form Limerick 
Metre 0110111 10111111 111011 110111 0010111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 143
Words 30
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 5
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 111
Words per stanza (avg) 30

About this poem

One of the many limericks I have written. Think a little about the number plate.

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Written on February 16, 2020

Submitted by on June 07, 2022

Modified by on June 08, 2022

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George Cook

I was born, grew up, and worked in Scotland. I got married in July 1960 and migrated to Australia in 1965 under the then Assisted Passage Migration Scheme. For nine years in Scotland, 1956 to 1965, I worked for a large photographic company which also operated in Australia. I worked there until 1994 when I took early retirement. By this time the children had all grown up it gave my wife and I the chance to think about going ‘back home’ to visit relatives and relations. We did in fact have three visits 1998, 1999 and 2000. My wife and I shared our lives and times together for the rest of 58 years and four months when, sadly, my wife passed away in hospital. more…

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