This is an analysis of the poem Limerick: There Was A Young Lady Whose Bonnet that begins with:

There was a Young Lady whose bonnet,
Came untied when the birds sate upon it;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: limerick
  • Metre: 110110110 1011011010 111111 101001 110011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 165
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 5
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Limerick: There Was A Young Lady Whose Bonnet;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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