Limerick (poetry)

Form of poetry

A limerick ( LIM-ər-ik) is a form of verse that appeared in England in the early years of the 18th century. 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 trimeter with a strict rhyme scheme of A A B B A {\displaystyle \mathrm {AABBA} } , in which the first, second and fifth lines rhyme, while the third and fourth ones are shorter and share a different rhyme.

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