Analysis of Limerick of Jan



There once was a girl named Jan
Who had a huge crush on her fan
She cried out in pain
Tongue stuck in the blade
Now she prefers dating a man


Scheme AABCA
Poetic Form Tetractys  (60%)
Cinquain  (20%)
Lanturne  (20%)
Metre 1110111 11011101 11101 11001 11011001
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 136
Words 31
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 5
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 110
Words per stanza (avg) 31
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Submitted on August 27, 2017

Modified on March 05, 2023

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