Analysis of Limerick: There was an Old Person of Chili
Edward Lear 1812 (Holloway) – 1888 (Sanremo)
There was an Old Person of Chili,
Whose conduct was painful and silly,
He sate on the stairs,
Eating apples and pears,
That imprudent Old Person of Chili.
| Scheme | AABBA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Limerick |
| Metre | 111110110 101110010 11101 101001 1010110110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 158 |
| Words | 30 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 122 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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