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  2. Limerick (poetry) - Wikipedia

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    A limerick (/ ˈ l ɪ m ər ɪ k / LIM-ər-ik) [1] is a form of verse that appeared in Limerick, County Limerick, Ireland in the early years of the 18th century. [2] In combination with a refrain , it forms a limerick song , a traditional humorous drinking song often with obscene verses.

  3. 7 Famous Limerick Examples That Will Inspire You to Write ...

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    Limericks, a form of humorous poetry that’s been making us laugh for hundreds of years. Although there are many examples of funny limericks, the exact origins of the form are lost in time ...

  4. Haiku - Wikipedia

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    Hokku is the opening stanza of an orthodox collaborative linked poem, or renga, and of its later derivative, renku (or haikai no renga). By the time of Matsuo Bashō (1644–1694), the hokku had begun to appear as an independent poem, and was also incorporated in haibun (a combination of prose and hokku), and haiga (a combination of painting ...

  5. Edward Lear - Wikipedia

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    Edward Lear (12 May 1812 [1] [2] – 29 January 1888) was an English artist, illustrator, musician, author and poet, who is known mostly for his literary nonsense in poetry and prose and especially his limericks, a form he popularised.

  6. Limerick - Wikipedia

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    A limerick is a type of humorous verse of five lines with an AABBA rhyme scheme: the poem's connection with the city is obscure, but the name is generally taken to be a reference to Limerick city or County Limerick, [57] sometimes, particularly to the Maigue Poets, and may derive from an earlier form of nonsense verse parlour game that ...

  7. There once was a man from Nantucket - Wikipedia

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    The poem has become a staple of American humor.It is often used as a joking example of fine art, with the vulgarity providing a surprising contrast to an expected refinement, such as in the 2002 film Solaris, when George Clooney's character mentions that his favorite poem is the most famous poem by Dylan Thomas that starts with "There was a young man from Nantucket"; or Will & Grace season 8 ...

  8. Outline of literature - Wikipedia

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    Haiku – form of short Japanese poetry consisting of three lines. Instapoetry; Tanka – classical Japanese poetry of five lines. Lied – Limerick – a kind of a witty, humorous, or nonsense poem, [3] especially one in five-line anapestic or amphibrachic meter with a strict rhyme scheme (aabba), which is sometimes obscene with humorous ...

  9. Irish poetry - Wikipedia

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    Irish bards formed a professional hereditary caste of highly trained, learned poets. The bards were steeped in the history and traditions of clan and country, as well as in the technical requirements of a verse technique that was syllabic and used assonance, half rhyme and alliteration known as Dán Díreach.