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What is the rhyme scheme of a limerick?
What is the rhyme scheme of a limerick?
- AABBCC
- ABBCA
- AABBA (correct)
- ABCBA
What is the standard form of a limerick?
What is the standard form of a limerick?
- A stanza of four lines
- A stanza of seven lines
- A stanza of six lines
- A stanza of five lines (correct)
What is the meter of a limerick?
What is the meter of a limerick?
- Iambic tetrameter
- Trochaic trimeter
- Anapestic trimeter (correct)
- Iambic pentameter
What is the origin of the name 'Limerick'?
What is the origin of the name 'Limerick'?
What did Gershon Legman believe about the true limerick as a folk form?
What did Gershon Legman believe about the true limerick as a folk form?
What is the traditional subject matter of the first line of a limerick?
What is the traditional subject matter of the first line of a limerick?
What is a common feature of the stress in the first line of a limerick?
What is a common feature of the stress in the first line of a limerick?
What is the internal rhyme, alliteration, or assonance in a limerick?
What is the internal rhyme, alliteration, or assonance in a limerick?
Who popularized the limerick form in the 19th century?
Who popularized the limerick form in the 19th century?
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Limerick Rhyme Scheme
Limerick Rhyme Scheme
AABBA
Limerick Form
Limerick Form
A stanza of five lines
Limerick Meter
Limerick Meter
Anapestic trimeter
Origin of 'Limerick'
Origin of 'Limerick'
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Gershon Legman's Limerick Belief
Gershon Legman's Limerick Belief
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First Line's Subject
First Line's Subject
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First Line's Stress
First Line's Stress
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Internal Limerick Elements
Internal Limerick Elements
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Limerick Popularizer
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Study Notes
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Limerick Form and History
- Limerick is a form of verse, usually humorous and rude, in five-line, predominantly trimeter with a strict rhyme scheme of AABBA.
- The first, second, and fifth lines rhyme with each other, while the third and fourth lines rhyme with each other.
- The form appeared in England in the early 18th century and was popularized by Edward Lear in the 19th century.
- Gershon Legman held that the true limerick as a folk form is always obscene, while the clean limerick is a "periodic fad and object of magazine contests, rarely rising above mediocrity".
- The standard form of a limerick is a stanza of five lines, with the first, second and fifth rhyming with one another and having three feet of three syllables each.
- The shorter third and fourth lines also rhyme with each other, but have only two feet of three syllables.
- The first line traditionally introduces a person and a place, with the place appearing at the end of the first line and establishing the rhyme scheme for the second and fifth lines.
- Ordinary speech stress is often distorted in the first line, and may be regarded as a feature of the form.
- Many limericks show some form of internal rhyme, alliteration or assonance, or some element of word play.
- The name Limerick for this type of poem may derive from a form of nonsense verse parlour game that traditionally included a refrain that included "Will [or won't] you come (up) to Limerick?"
- Edward Lear wrote 212 limericks, mostly considered nonsense literature.
- The limerick form has been parodied in many ways and has been blended with reviews of popular films, creating so-called "filmericks".
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