This is an analysis of the poem Limerick: There Was An Old Person Of Cadiz that begins with:

There was an Old Person of Cadiz,
Who was always polite to all ladies;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: limerick
  • Metre: 111110001 1111010110 1010010 1100010 111110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 163
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 5
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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