This is an analysis of Limerick:There Was A Young Girl Of Majorca by Edward Lear.

There was a Young Girl of Majorca,
Whose aunt was a very fast walker;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXbba
  • Stanza lengths: 5,
  • Metre: 110110010 111010110 1110010 11011 1010110010
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: limerick
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 5