Analysis of Limerick:There was an Old Person of Spain
Edward Lear 1812 (Holloway) – 1888 (Sanremo)
There was an Old Person of Spain,
Who hated all trouble and pain;
So he sat on a chair,
With his feet in the air,
That umbrageous Old Person of Spain.
| Scheme | AABBA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Limerick (80%) Tetractys (40%) Cinquain (20%) |
| Metre | 11111011 11011001 111101 111001 1111011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 154 |
| Words | 33 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 115 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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