wat is a limerick?

Answer 1

a kind of poem w/ a specific rhyming pattern and # of syllables in each line.
ie
There once was a gray schnauzer named Spark
Quite talkative, he so liked to bark.
Sometimes running he found
His feet all off the ground
Especially on larks in the park. 9 syllables
9 syllables
6 syllables
6 syllables
9 syllables

There once was a girl who loved rhyme;
She felt her writing was sublime.
Indeed quite a poet,
Though some didn't know it,
She'd be rich if each paid a dime. 8 syllables
8 syllables
6 syllables
6 syllables
8 syllables

There was a mean clown in the circus.
For fun he would push us and jerk us.
He would hit us with pies
That left cream in our eyes.
His act never once failed to irk us. 9 syllables
9 syllables
6 syllables
6 syllables
9 syllables

a-a-b-b-a rhyming pattern

Answer 2

It's an Irish form of poetry, AABBA in structure, with more syllables in the A rhymes than in the B. More often than not they have to do with dirty subjects. Here's a sample:

There once was a lady from Madras
Who had quite a beautiful ***
Not rounded and pink
As you'd probably think
But was grey, had long ears and ate grass

Answer 3

A limerick is a poem of five lines, usually humorous and sometimes naughty, with the following rhyme pattern:

A
A
B
B
A

In which lines A rhyme and lines B rhyme.

Answer 4

a light or humorous verse form of 5 chiefly anapestic verses of which lines 1, 2, and 5 are of 3 feet and lines 3 and 4 are of 2 feet with a rhyme scheme of aabba

Answer 5

A limerick is a Japanese form of poetry.

Answer 6

an Irish poem that has 9 beats on the first, second and fifth lines, and 5 beats on the third and forth.

Answer 7

It is a place in Ireland

Answer 8

a funny poem i think