Encyclopedia - Limerick Poetry: Encyclopedia Ii - Limerick Poetry - History
Limerick poetry - Origin of the name. The origin of the actual word limerick is obscure. The first known occurrence is from May 1896; t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Limerick Poetry: Encyclopedia Ii - Limerick Poetry - Spelling
The limerick is often spelled to make the ending match in orthography as well as pronunciation, especially when the spelling of one of th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Limerick Poetry: Encyclopedia Ii - Limerick Poetry - Structure
The rhyme scheme is usually aabba, with a rather rigid meter. The first, second, and fifth lines are three metrical feet; the third and f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chastushka: Encyclopedia - Chastushka
Chastushka (часту́шка), a type of traditional Russian poetry, is a single quatrain in trochaic tetrameter with an abab or abcb r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amphibrach: Encyclopedia - Amphibrach
An amphibrac is a metrical foot used in formal poetry. It consists of a long syllable between two short syllables. Amphibracs are seldom ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Poetry: Encyclopedia - Poetry
Poetry (ancient Greek: ποιεω (poieo) = I create) is traditionally a written art form (although there is also an ancient and modern p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Poetry: Encyclopedia - Poetry
Poetry (ancient Greek: ποιεω (poieo) = I create) is traditionally a written art form (although there is also an ancient and modern p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Poetry: Encyclopedia Ii - Poetry - Nature Of Poetry
Poetry can be differentiated from prose, which is language meant to convey meaning in a less condensed way, using more logical or narrati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Poetry: Encyclopedia Ii - Poetry - History
Poetry as an art form predates literacy. Poetry was employed as a means of recording oral history, storytelling (epic poetry), genealogy,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Poetry: Encyclopedia Ii - Poetry - Tools
Poetry - Sound. Perhaps the most vital element of sound in poetry is rhythm. Often the rhythm of each line is arranged in a particular ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Limerick Poetry: Encyclopedia Ii - Limerick Poetry - Well-known Authors
Ogden Nash is renowned for humorous short poetry, and often used the limerick form: There once was a miser named Clarence Who simonized[...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Limerick Poetry: Encyclopedia Ii - Limerick Poetry - Limericks In Other Languages Than English
Although limericks have been written in a great number of different languages, many of these suffer from the fact that the meter of the l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Limerick Poetry: Encyclopedia Ii - Limerick Poetry - Recurring Themes
Limerick poetry - Ribald verses. Definitely a recurring theme is the indecent subjects of many limericks. It is often considered that t...   » Read the article