Analysis of Limerick: There was an Old Man with a flute
Edward Lear 1812 (Holloway) – 1888 (Sanremo)
There was an Old Man with a flute,
A serpent ran into his boot;
But he played day and night,
Till the serpent took flight,
And avoided that man with a flute.
| Scheme | AABBA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Limerick |
| Metre | 11111101 01010111 111101 101011 001011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 161 |
| Words | 34 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 121 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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