This is an analysis of There Was An Old Man Of New York by Edward Lear.
THERE WAS AN OLD MAN OF NEW YORK, WHO MURDERED HIMSELF WITH A FORK;
BUT NOBODY CRIED THOUGH HE VERY SOON DIED, --…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXa
- Stanza lengths: 3,
- Metre: 1111101111001001 11111111011 111011011
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 3
