Analysis of Limerick: There was an Old Man of Kilkenny
Edward Lear 1812 (Holloway) – 1888 (Sanremo)
There was an Old Man of Kilkenny,
Who never had more than a penny;
He spent all that money,
In onions and honey,
That wayward Old Man of Kilkenny.
| Scheme | AAAAA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Monorhyme |
| Metre | 1111111 110111010 111110 010010 1101111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 150 |
| Words | 31 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 113 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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