This is an analysis of the poem Limerick:There Was An Old Man At A Casement that begins with:

There was an Old Man at a casement,
Who held up his hands in amazement;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: cinquain
  • Metre: 1111110100 111010010 111111 101111 101001110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 171
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 5
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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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