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What is a limerick?

The term 'limerick' has two senses: 1: a humorous verse form of 5 anapestic lines with a rhyme scheme aabba; 2: port city in southwestern Ireland

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Limerick (poetry) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A limerick is a kind of a witty, humorous, or nonsense poem especially one in five-line anapestic or amphibrachic meter with a strict rhyme scheme (AABBA), which is sometimes ...

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Limerick - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Limerick ( / ˈ l ɪ m r ɪ k /; Irish: Luimneach [ˈl̪imʲɨnʲəx] is the third largest city in Ireland, and the main city of County Limerick and Ireland's Mid-West Region.