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The limerick consists of five anapestic lines rhymed aabba. The first, second, and fifth lines are trimeter; the third and fourth lines are dimeter. The form dates back at least to the fourteenth century. In its modern form, it is often, though not always, bawdy.
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Limerick o' the Day - A daily (ribald) limerick, with an archive of previously featured limericks. Alien Limerick Generator - This interactive 'net artifact is an exercise in computer glossolalia that allows users to randomly generate metrically perfect nonsense-limericks--in an "alien" (that is, not spoken, now nor ever, on Earth) language. Bibliography of Limericks - List of print books of and on limericks, compiled by Karl Dilcher. The Limerick - A brief but insightful description of the limerick form. Meskhi lines - Limericks and short lines by Slava Meskhi. English, Russian and Georgian languages. Loony Limericks - Huge and still growing collection of limericks both naughty and nice. Visitors can also add a line to the mass limerick. OEDILF - The Omnificent English Dictionary In Limerick Form - A project to write at least one limerick for every word in the English language. There Was a Young Man Who Sent E-mails - The incomplete collected limericks of Richard C. Long. Limerick Books of the 1820s - The two earliest known books of limericks, with a link to a third. Part of an Edward Lear home page. Giggle Poetry - The Limerick - Limerick writing for kids. By Bruce Lansky. Limerick Poetry - A limerick page for children, with a simple explanation and some family-friendly examples, including the option to print out limericks in color. Be warned: the site generates pop-up and new-browser-window ads. Limericks - Limericks by teachers in England. Includes suggestions for classroom activities. Polish Limericks - Translations of English and Polish limericks (English-Polish and Polish-English). The Classic Nantucket Limerick - The original Nantucket limerick published in the Princeton Tiger in 1924, with various extensions that appeared in other publications. The "L" Blog - A limerick blog. The limericks, however, are not in the classic form, and the rhymes are often not exact. Limericks by Brownielocks - Clean and funny limericks. Limerick Poems - Invites visitors to write and rate limericks. Includes a "how to" section and a description of the form. Funny Limericks For Everyone - A limerick blog, with a clean, humorous limerick posted each day. Includes a limerick generator and accepts submissions. Limericks - A brief history and explanation along with numerous examples from "A Book of Nonsense" by Edward Lear. Smithsonian Magazine - "The Limerick is Furtive and Mean..." - From the Maigue poets to Ogden Nash, witty wordsmiths have delighted in composing the oft-risqué five-line verses. Introductory article. Tomastic Limericks - An article with commentary from The Pentatette concerning early limerick-like prayers written by St. Thomas Aquinas. A Blog of Bosh: Edward Lear and Nonsense Literature - A blog that collects a number of sites relating to Edward Lear, the creator of the limerick. Limericks - A discussion of the form by Joel D. Ash, a writer of serious limericks, with examples of serious limerick poetry, including one of his own. However, beware: the two links to books of and about limericks do not work.
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