Analysis of Limerick: There was an Old Person of Rheims
Edward Lear 1812 (Holloway) – 1888 (Sanremo)
There was an Old Person of Rheims,
Who was troubled with horrible dreams;
So, to keep him awake
They fed him on cake,
Which amused that Old Person of Rheims.
| Scheme | AABBA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Limerick |
| Metre | 11111011 111011001 111101 11111 101111011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 161 |
| Words | 32 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 123 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 24, 2023
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