Limerick poetry - Ribald verses

Limerick poetry - Origin of the name. The origin of the actual word limerick is obscure. The first known occurrence is from May 1896; the OED first reports it in 1898. The name is often linked to an earlier form of nonsense verse which was traditionally followed by the refrain that ended "…come all the way up to Limerick?", Limerick being an Irish city. That the older refrain does not match the meter of the limerick has been used to attack this theory. A point in favour, however, is the fact that in other languages, limericks are indeed sung, with wordless (la-la) refrains betw ...

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Although limericks have been written in a great number of different languages, many of these suffer from the fact that the meter of the limerick does not adapt well to such languages as, for example, French or Latin. Good limericks can be written in languages that have a similar natural rhythm to English. The following example is in Icelandic: Þegar líkið er glaseygt, svo glampar í, og í görnum er eitthvað, sem skvampar í, enda nefbroddur rauður -- þá er dóninn ei dauður --< ...

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The limerick is often spelled to make the ending match in orthography as well as pronunciation, especially when the spelling of one of the words is bizarre: There was a young curate of Salisbury Whose manners were quite Halisbury-Scalisbury He wandered round Hampshire Without any pampshire Till the Vicar compelled him to Warisbury Note: Salisbury was once known to locals as Sarum, Hampshire as Hants, giving: ...

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Ogden Nash is renowned for humorous short poetry, and often used the limerick form: There once was a miser named Clarence Who simonized[1] both of his parents; "The initial expense," he remarked, "is immense, But it saves on the wearance and tearance." For reasons of decency, many collections consist entirely of innocent examples. Amongst the exceptions are several collections by the science-fiction writer Isaac Asimov, who wrote ...

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The rhyme scheme is usually aabba, with a rather rigid meter. The first, second, and fifth lines are three metrical feet; the third and fourth two metrical feet. The foot used is usually the amphibrach, a stressed syllable between two unstressed ones. However it can be considered an anapestic foot, two short syllables and then a long, the reverse of dactyl rhythm. However, many substitutions are common. The first line traditionally introduces a person and a location, and usually ends with the name of the location, though sometimes wit ...

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Limerick poetry - Ribald verses. Definitely a recurring theme is the indecent subjects of many limericks. It is often considered that the less innocent limericks are amongst the best, and the most common: The limerick packs laughs anatomical Into space that is quite economical. But the good ones I've seen So seldom are clean And the clean ones so seldom are comical. -- Vyvyan Holland See also:

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