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Limerick (26)
The limerick consists of five anapestic lines rhymed aabba. The first, second, and fifth lines are trimeter; the third and fourth lines are dimeter. The form dates back at least to the fourteenth century. In its modern form, it is often, though not always, bawdy.
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Limerick o' the Day
· cached · A daily (ribald) limerick, with an archive of previously featured limericks.
Alien Limerick Generator
· iweb · cached · This interactive 'net artifact is an exercise in computer glossolalia that allows users to randomly generate metrically perfect nonsense-limericks--in an "alien" (that is, not spoken, now nor ever, on Earth) language.
Poetic Limericks
· cached · Genuine poetry written in the limerick style. Background information on this style of poetry and samples of the work of Joel D. Ash. Gateways to online books containing Poetic Limericks.
The Pentatette Home Page
· cached · The Limerick Special Interest Group website. Includes definitions, technical and scholarly information on limericks.
Bibliography of Limericks
· cached · List of print books of and on limericks, compiled by Karl Dilcher.
Limericks
· A brief description and definition of the limerick form, along with an example.
The Limerick
· cached · A brief but insightful description of the limerick form.
Meskhi lines
· iweb · cached · Limericks and short lines by Slava Meskhi. English, Russian and Georgian languages.
Limerick Zone
· cached · Funny and rude limericks. Submit your own limericks.
LimGen: The Limerick Generator
· iweb · cached · Supply five words and the generator will write the limerick.
Loony Limericks
· iweb · cached · Huge and still growing collection of limericks both naughty and nice. Visitors can also add a line to the mass limerick.
OEDILF - The Omnificent English Dictionary In Limerick Form
· A project to write at least one limerick for every word in the English language.
Polish Limericks
· Includes an introduction to limericks, as well as translations of English and Polish limericks. [English-Polish]
There Was a Young Man Who Sent E-mails
· iweb · cached · The incomplete collected limericks of Richard C. Long.
Web's Funniest Limericks
· cached · A collection of limericks and an explanation as to how they are constructed.
Writing Limericks for Fun
· cached · Learn to write good Limericks from a PhD.
Here-Be-Limerick-Poems.com
· iweb · cached · Limerick poems, funny or jaded, useful for: birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, graduations, toasts/roasts, retirement, work humor, bitter dregs, friendship, and professions.
Limericks
· cached · A brief history and explanation along with numerous examples from "A Book of Nonsense" by Edward Lear.
Limerick Books of the 1820s
· cached · The two earliest known books of limericks, with a link to a third. Part of an Edward Lear home page.
Smithsonian Magazine - "The Limerick is Furtive and Mean..."
· iweb · cached · From the Maigue poets to Ogden Nash, witty wordsmiths have delighted in composing the oft-risqué five-line verses. Introductory article.
Giggle Poetry - The Limerick
· iweb · cached · Limerick writing for kids. By Bruce Lansky.
Limerick Poetry
· iweb · cached · A brief how-to for teachers and kids with examples, all family-friendly: three St. Patrick's Day limericks (by the Webmaster) and ten limericks by Edward Lear.
Limericks
· cached · Limericks by teachers in England. Includes suggestions for classroom activities.
Funny Limericks For Everyone
· iweb · cached · A limerick blog, with a new funny limerick posted each day. Accepts submissions.
Less Ludicrous Limericks
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More Ludicrous Limericks
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