Analysis of Limerick:There was a Young Lady of Welling
Edward Lear 1812 (Holloway) – 1888 (Sanremo)
There was a Young Lady of Welling,
Whose praise all the world was a-telling;
She played on a harp,
And caught several carp,
That accomplished Young Lady of Wel
Scheme | AABBC |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (60%) Cinquain (20%) Lanturne (20%) |
Metre | 110110110 111011010 11101 01101 101011011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 163 |
Words | 31 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 5 |
Lines Amount | 5 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 126 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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