This is an analysis of Limerick:There Was An Old Man With A Beard by Edward Lear.

There was an Old Man with a beard,
Who sat on a horse when he reared;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaX
  • Stanza lengths: 5,
  • Metre: 11111001 11101111 111101 101101 101011001
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: limerick
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 5

Anaphora

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