Limericks
Shannon River port
Limericks is a city in western Ireland, the third largest in the Republic.
It sits on the River Shannon and has a medieval history visible in its castle and cathedral.
The city gives its name to the limerick—a five-line humorous verse form with an AABBA rhyme scheme, though the connection between place and poem remains obscure.
Metered poetic passage
- rhymeMatching terminal sounds
- meterDevice that measures usage
- anapestTrisyllabic metrical foot
- stanzaPoem's line grouping
couplet · tercet · rhythm · syllable · scansion · cadence · doggerel · light verse
Humorously indecent
- ribaldVulgarly amusing
- naughtyMildly disobedient
- witClever, inventive humor
- punWordplay using double meanings
double entendre · innuendo · absurdist · irreverent · raunchy · clever · cheeky · risque
Of the Emerald Isle
- pubLicensed drinking establishment
- folkRegular common people
- oral traditionCulture passed by speech
- recitationOral delivery from memory
parlor game · Victorian · Nantucket · drinking song · entertainment · performance · memorization · anthology
Initial verse of stanza
- twist endingUnexpected narrative conclusion
- setupHow something is arranged
- place nameGeographic location's title
- narrativeAccount of events
character name · scenario · surprise · crafting · writing prompt · constraint · creative writing · wordsmith
verse
Metered poetic passage
stanza · couplet · tercet · rhythm · syllable · scansion · cadence · doggerel · light verse · humorous poetry
bawdy
Humorously indecent
pun · double entendre · innuendo · absurdist · irreverent · raunchy · clever · cheeky · risque · crude
Irish
Of the Emerald Isle
- pubLicensed drinking establishment
- folkRegular common people
- oral traditionCulture passed by speech
recitation · parlor game · Victorian · Nantucket · drinking song · entertainment · performance · memorization · anthology · contest
first line
Initial verse of stanza
- twist endingUnexpected narrative conclusion
- setupHow something is arranged
- place nameGeographic location's title
character name · narrative · scenario · surprise · crafting · writing prompt · constraint · creative writing · wordsmith · scanning
- PoemsThe Raven, Ozymandias, Invictus, Paradise Lost, Beowulf
Limericksfree verse
Poetry without fixed structure
prose poetry · epic poems · stream of consciousness · experimental poetry
- dirty limerick
- Treaty of Limerick1691 Irish capitulation agreement
- County LimerickIrish administrative division