Analysis of Book Of Nonsense Limerick 103.
Edward Lear 1812 (Holloway) – 1888 (Sanremo)
There was an Old Lady of Prague,
Whose language was horribly vague;
When they said, "Are these caps?"
She answered, "Perhaps!"
That oracular Lady of Prague.
| Scheme | ABCCA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) Cinquain (20%) Lanturne (20%) |
| Metre | 11111011 11011001 111111 11001 111011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 152 |
| Words | 28 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 120 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 22, 2023
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