This is an analysis of Limerick: There Was An Old Man Who Said, by Edward Lear.
There was an Old Man who said, 'Well!
Will nobody answer this bell?…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XXaaX
- Stanza lengths: 5,
- Metre: 11111111 01111001 111111 111111 11111001
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: limerick
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 5
