Analysis of Limerick of Sarah



There once was a girl named Sarah
Who had frequent hemorrhoid flare-ups
She put on some cream
She started to scream
When a cute guy asked her whats up


Scheme ABCCD
Poetic Form Tetractys  (60%)
Cinquain  (20%)
Lanturne  (20%)
Metre 11101110 11101011 11111 11011 10111001
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 146
Words 29
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 5
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 121
Words per stanza (avg) 29
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Submitted on August 27, 2017

Modified on May 01, 2023

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