Analysis of Limerick:There was an Old Person from Gretna
Edward Lear 1812 (Holloway) – 1888 (Sanremo)
There was an Old Person from Gretna,
Who rushed down the crater of Etna;
When they said, 'Is it hot?'
He replied, 'No, it's not!'
That mendacious Old Person of Gretna.
Scheme | AABBA |
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Poetic Form | Limerick |
Metre | 111110110 111010110 111111 101111 1010110110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 171 |
Words | 35 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 5 |
Lines Amount | 5 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 124 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 16, 2023
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