This is an analysis of Limerick: There Was A Young Lady Of Tyre by Edward Lear.
There was a Young Lady of Tyre,
Who swept the loud chords of a lyre;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabba
- Stanza lengths: 5,
- Metre: 11011001 11011001 101011 101001 101001001
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: limerick
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 5
Repeated words/phrases
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