Limerick poem

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)

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.