The traditional limerick rhymes the last line with the first two, or another "A" line. Some deviate from the rhyme and really surprise their listeners, with profanity or sexist comments galore.

There once was a limerick example, but this is just the preamble. Read on for more famous verse to explore, and we'll do our best not to ramble. The post 7 Famous Limerick Examples That Will ...

One such person is the well-known New Delhi-based sociologist, Dipankar Gupta. His book – LOCKDOWN Limericks and Rhymes, was written during the lockdown days. To quote him, “In those days of gloom, I ...

Beginning with the December 2001 Special Christmas Gathering, members were encouraged to put pen to paper and compose either a limerick or haiku about any of the books that we'd read and discussed in ...

Limericks are a popular and fun short form with just one stanza of five lines. Like most short form poetry, there are rules they should follow. Limericks use an AABBA rhyme scheme: The first ...

It does fit the stress pattern and rhyme scheme of a limerick, but it’s in Latin, and I”m willing to bet he didn’t call it a limerick. There are also some limericks in Shakespeare, hiding ...

Some examples The Omnificent English Dictionary in Limerick Form (or OEDILF) has published more than 97,000 definitions written in the singsong poetry of a five-line limerick.