This is an analysis of Limerick:There Was An Old Person Of Spain by Edward Lear.
There was an Old Person of Spain,
Who hated all trouble and pain;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabba
- Stanza lengths: 5,
- Metre: 11111001 11011011 111101 001001 110011001
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: limerick
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 5
