This is an analysis of There Was A Young Lady Of Wilts by William Cosmo Monkhouse.
There was a young lady of Wilts,
Who walked up to Scotland on stilts;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbX
- Stanza lengths: 5,
- Metre: 11011001 11101011 1110110 011110 1101010110
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: limerick
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 5
