Wikipedia: Limerick poem

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A limerick is a short, often humorous, sometimes ribald poem. The origin of the term is unknown. The rhyme scheme is usually aabbaa. [Edward Lear]? is famous for his Nonsense Poems ISBN 0486280314 (amazon.com, search)

A limerick is a short, humorous, often ribald poem. The origin of the term is unknown. The rhyme scheme is usually aabba, with a very rigid meter. The first, second, and fifth lines are three metrical feet; the third and fourth two metrical feet. Ogden Nash is renowned for his many lyrics. [Edward Lear]? is famous for his Nonsense Poems ISBN 0486280314 (amazon.com, search)

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There was a young scholar named Vivian

Who collected editions of Livy. In

Shelf and in nook, she piled each book

Til her house was crushed into oblivion.

:There was a young scholar named Vivian
:Who collected editions of Livy. In
:Shelf and in nook,
:she piled each book
:Till her house was crushed into oblivion.

: There was a young scholar named Vivian
: Who collected editions of Livy. In
: Shelf and in nook,
: she piled each book
: Till her house was crushed into oblivion.