Analysis of There was an old man on the Border
There was an old man on the Border,
Who lived in the utmost disorder;
He danced with the cat, and made tea in his hat,
Which vexed all the folks on the Border.
| Scheme | AABA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Mâni Quatrain Rubaiyat |
| Metre | 111111010 11001010 11101011011 111011010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 173 |
| Words | 35 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 122 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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