Post by Gee-Are on Mar 22, 2008 8:46:19 GMT -5
Here's the rules:
A limerick is a rhyme and according to Wikipedia, here is its structure.
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Now if the above paragraph seemed to be written in Swahili. Except for the A-A-B-B-A part, that I understand.
As an example, here is a limerick from a Loony Limericks page:
Each poster writes one line in the limerick.
Whoever completes the limerick quotes it all and starts a new one.
So since I completed the previous limerick, no matter how lame you may think the rhyme was, here's a new one.
There once was a poster named Queen
A limerick is a rhyme and according to Wikipedia, here is its structure.
poem with a strict form, originally popularized in English by Edward Lear. Limericks are frequently witty or humorous, and sometimes obscene with humorous intent.
A limerick has five lines, with three metrical feet in the first, second, and fifth lines and two metrical feet in the third and fourth lines. A variety of types of metrical foot can be used, but the most typical are the amphibrach (a stressed syllable between two unstressed syllables) and the anapaest (two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable). The rhyme scheme is usually AABBA.
The first line of a limerick traditionally introduces a person and a place, with the place appearing at the end of the first line and therefore establishing the rhyme scheme for the second and fifth lines. In early limericks, the last line was often essentially a repeat of the first line, although this is no longer customary.
A limerick has five lines, with three metrical feet in the first, second, and fifth lines and two metrical feet in the third and fourth lines. A variety of types of metrical foot can be used, but the most typical are the amphibrach (a stressed syllable between two unstressed syllables) and the anapaest (two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable). The rhyme scheme is usually AABBA.
The first line of a limerick traditionally introduces a person and a place, with the place appearing at the end of the first line and therefore establishing the rhyme scheme for the second and fifth lines. In early limericks, the last line was often essentially a repeat of the first line, although this is no longer customary.
Now if the above paragraph seemed to be written in Swahili. Except for the A-A-B-B-A part, that I understand.
As an example, here is a limerick from a Loony Limericks page:
There once was a girl from Norway
Who hung from her toes in the doorway.
She said to her beau,
Hey, look at me Joe,
I think I've found one more way!
Who hung from her toes in the doorway.
She said to her beau,
Hey, look at me Joe,
I think I've found one more way!
Each poster writes one line in the limerick.
Whoever completes the limerick quotes it all and starts a new one.
So since I completed the previous limerick, no matter how lame you may think the rhyme was, here's a new one.
There once was a poster named Queen
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