Analysis of Limerick: There was an Old Person of Mold
Edward Lear 1812 (Holloway) – 1888 (Sanremo)
There was an Old Person of Mold,
Who shrank from sensations of cold,
So he purchased some muffs,
Some furs and some fluffs,
And wrapped himself from the cold.
| Scheme | AABBA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Limerick |
| Metre | 11111011 11101011 111011 11011 0101101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 162 |
| Words | 31 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 125 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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