This is an analysis of There Was An Old Man On The Border by Edward Lear.

There was an old man on the Border,
Who lived in the utmost disorder;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaXa
  • Stanza lengths: 4,
  • Metre: 111111010 110011010 11001111001 111011010
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 4