Analysis of Limerick



For you to write a limerick
You need to employ a lot of trick
Few words on
Great source of fun
Writing a limerick remain, a special skill to pick.


Scheme AABCA
Poetic Form Tetractys  (40%)
Lanturne  (40%)
Metre 11110100 111010111 111 1111 10010001010111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 156
Words 32
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) 30

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The art of writing limerick

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Submitted by Abdulhaleemss on July 08, 2021

Modified on May 03, 2023

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