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Limerick (poetry) A limerick (/ ˈlɪmərɪk / LIM-ər-ik) [1] is a form of verse that appeared in England 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. It is written in five-line, predominantly anapestic and amphibrach [3 ...
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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 ...
We’ve spared you the math, but here’s the limerick example: A dozen, a gross, and a score. Plus three times the square root of four. Divided by seven. Plus five times eleven. Is nine squared ...
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19th century. Genre. Children's literature, literary nonsense and limericks. Notable works. The Book of Nonsense, " The Owl and the Pussy-Cat ". 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 ...
History of Limerick. The 13th-century King John's Castle in Limerick. Plan of Limerick from an engraving in Pacata Hibernia (1623) Arms and motto of Limerick, depicted in stained glass: "There was an ancient city, very fierce in the skills of war." The history of Limerick stretches back to its establishment by Vikings as a walled city on King's ...