Analysis of Limerick: There was a Young Lady of Niger
William Cosmo Monkhouse 1840 (London) – 1901
There was a young lady of Niger
Who smiled as she rode on a tiger;
They returned from the ride
With the lady inside,
And the smile on the face of the tiger.
| Scheme | AABBA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Limerick |
| Metre | 110110110 111111010 101101 101001 0011011010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 160 |
| Words | 35 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 121 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 23, 2023
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