This is an analysis of Limerick: There Was An Old Man Who, When Little by Edward Lear.
There was an Old Man who, when little,
Fell casually into a Kettle;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabba
- Stanza lengths: 5,
- Metre: 111111110 1100000010 11011 111011 1111010110
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: limerick
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 5
