Analysis of Limerick: There was an old man of Tobago
There was an old man of Tobago,
Who lived on rice, gruel and sago
Till, much to his bliss,
His physician said this -
To a leg, sir, of mutton you may go.
| Scheme | AABBA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Limerick |
| Metre | 111111010 111110010 11111 101011 1011110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 157 |
| Words | 35 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 113 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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