This is an analysis of Limerick: There Was An Old Man Of The East by Edward Lear.
There was an Old Man of the East,
Who gave all his children a feast;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabba
- Stanza lengths: 5,
- Metre: 11111001 11101001 111111 111011 101111001
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: limerick
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 5
