This is an analysis of Limerick: There Was An Old Man Of Th' Abruzzi by Edward Lear.
There was an Old Man of th' Abruzzi,
So blind that he couldn't his foot see;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XXXXX
- Stanza lengths: 5,
- Metre: 1111101100 111110011 111111 101101 1101101100
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: limerick
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 5
Epiphora
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