Analysis of Limerick: There was a Young Person of Smyrna,
Edward Lear 1812 (Holloway) – 1888 (Sanremo)
There was a Young Person of Smyrna,
Whose Grandmother threatened to burn her;
But she seized on the cat,
And said, 'Granny, burn that!
You incongruous Old Woman of Smyrna!'
| Scheme | ABCCA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) Cinquain (20%) |
| Metre | 110110110 11010110 111101 011011 10100110110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 176 |
| Words | 33 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 134 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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