Key to Poetry
  • Home
  • Top Poets
  • All Poets
  • Topics
  • Articles
  • Analyze a poem online
  • Become a Member

Limerick: There Was An Old Man Of Peru: Poem by Edward Lear

  1. Home
  2. Edward Lear
  3. Poems

There was an Old Man of Peru,
Who never knew what he should do;
So he tore off his hair,
And behaved like a bear,
That intrinsic Old Man of Peru.

Analysis of this poem

Explore Key to Poetry

  • Browse poets A–Z
  • Poems by topic
  • Poem analysis library
  • Search poems and poets
  • time

More poems by Edward Lear

  • The Daddy Long-Legs And The Fly
  • Limerick: There Was An Old Man In A Boat
  • Teapots And Quails
  • Cold Are The Crabs
  • The Duck And The Kangaroo
Poems about...
  • love
  • death
  • life
  • nature
  • family
  • spring
  • winter
  • summer
  • autumn
  • depression
  • beautiful
  • dream
  • Home
  • Analyses
  • All poets
  • Topics
  • Articles
  • Search Form
© 2017 KeyToPoetry.com. Copyright Notice | Terms | Contact us
✕