Analysis of Limerick: There was a Young Lady whose chin
Edward Lear 1812 (Holloway) – 1888 (Sanremo)
There was a Young Lady whose chin,
Resembled the point of a pin;
So she had it made sharp,
And purchased a harp,
And played several tunes with her chin.
| Scheme | AABBA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Limerick |
| Metre | 11011011 01001101 111111 01001 01101101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 156 |
| Words | 32 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 118 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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