Analysis of Limerick: There was an Old Man on some rocks,
Edward Lear 1812 (Holloway) – 1888 (Sanremo)
There was an Old Man on some rocks,
Who shut his wife up in a box;
When she said, 'Let me out!'
He exclaimed, 'Without doubt,
You will pass all your life in that box.'
| Scheme | AABBA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Limerick |
| Metre | 11111111 11111001 111111 101011 111111011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 171 |
| Words | 39 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 122 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 11, 2023
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