Analysis of Limerick:There was a Young Girl of Majorca
Edward Lear 1812 (Holloway) – 1888 (Sanremo)
There was a Young Girl of Majorca,
Whose aunt was a very fast walker;
She walked seventy miles,
And leaped fifteen stiles,
Which astonished that Girl of Majorca.
| Scheme | ABCCA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) Cinquain (20%) Lanturne (20%) |
| Metre | 110111010 111010110 111001 01011 1010111010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 165 |
| Words | 30 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 129 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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