Analysis of Limerick: There was an Old Man of Hong Kong
Edward Lear 1812 (Holloway) – 1888 (Sanremo)
There was an Old Man of Hong Kong,
Who never did anything wrong.
He lay on his back,
With his head in a sack,
That innocuous Old Man of Hong Kong.
| Scheme | AABBA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Limerick |
| Metre | 11111111 1101101 11111 111001 1010011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 150 |
| Words | 33 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 111 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 28, 2023
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