This is an analysis of Limerick:There Was An Old Man Of The Coast by Edward Lear.
There was an Old Man of the coast,
Who placidly sat on a post;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabba
- Stanza lengths: 5,
- Metre: 11111001 11001101 11011 101001 11111101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: limerick
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 5
