Analysis of Limerick: There was an Old Man with a Gong
Edward Lear 1812 (Holloway) – 1888 (Sanremo)
There was an Old Man with a gong,
Who bumped at it all day long;
But they called out, 'O law!
You're a horrid old bore!'
So they smashed that Old Man with a gong.
| Scheme | AABCA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) Cinquain (20%) |
| Metre | 11111101 1111111 111111 101011 111111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 166 |
| Words | 38 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 119 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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