Analysis of Book Of Nonsense Limerick 104.
Edward Lear 1812 (Holloway) – 1888 (Sanremo)
There was an Old Person of Sparta,
Who had twenty-five sons and one daughter;
He fed them on snails,
And weighed them in scales,
That wonderful person of Sparta.
| Scheme | ABCCA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (60%) Cinquain (20%) Lanturne (20%) |
| Metre | 111110110 1110110110 11111 01101 110010110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 157 |
| Words | 29 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 127 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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