Analysis of Limerick: There was an Old Person of Dover
Edward Lear 1812 (Holloway) – 1888 (Sanremo)
There was an Old Person of Dover,
Who rushed through a field of blue Clover;
But some very large bees,
Stung his nose and his knees,
So he very soon went back to Dover.
| Scheme | AABBA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Limerick |
| Metre | 111110110 111011110 111011 111011 1110111110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 172 |
| Words | 36 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 130 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 29, 2023
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