limerick | |||||||||||
A limerick is a short, funny, often nonsensical poem with a specific rhyme and rhythm pattern. | |||||||||||
Here are the rules a limerick follows: | |||||||||||
Lines 1, 2, and 5 rhyme. Lines 3 and 4 rhyme. Lines 1,2, and 5 have from eight to ten syllables Lines 3 and 4 have from five to seven syllables. |
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Example: | |||||||||||
There was a young la dy of Ni ger (9 syllables) Who smiled as she rode on a ti ger; (9 syllables) They came back from the ride(6 syllables) With the la dy in side, (6 syllables) And the smile on the face of the ti ger. (10 syllables) |