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.
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)