Analysis of Limerick: There was a Young Lady Whose Bonnet
Edward Lear 1812 (Holloway) – 1888 (Sanremo)
There was a Young Lady whose bonnet,
Came untied when the birds sate upon it;
But she said: 'I don't care!
All the birds in the air
Are welcome to sit on my bonnet!'
Scheme | ABCCA |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) Cinquain (20%) |
Metre | 110110110 1011011011 111111 101001 110111110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 169 |
Words | 37 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 5 |
Lines Amount | 5 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 124 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 31, 2023
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