Jump to content

Limerick: Difference between revisions

From British Culture
Pankratz (talk | contribs)
No edit summary
Pankratz (talk | contribs)
No edit summary
Line 1: Line 1:
Poems with a certain rhyme scheme and humorous intent in which the characters always behave according to the rules of "nonsense".  
Special verse form characterized by its closed structure. The final word of the first line was repeated at the end of the last line. The typical rhyme scheme is aabba. Often with humorous intent in which the characters always behave according to the rules of "nonsense".  


[[Category:Expansion]]
[[Category:Expansion]]

Revision as of 16:17, 14 January 2011

Special verse form characterized by its closed structure. The final word of the first line was repeated at the end of the last line. The typical rhyme scheme is aabba. Often with humorous intent in which the characters always behave according to the rules of "nonsense".