What is the classification of those short witty, but naughty, little rhymes? Wha!


Question: Those naughty little rhymes that start off with: There once was a lady from etc., etc. Or there was an old man, and so forth and so on. They are classified under a name that I can't remember. Not ditty, or jingle, but some other nomenclature (I tried to avoid the word)


Answers: Those naughty little rhymes that start off with: There once was a lady from etc., etc. Or there was an old man, and so forth and so on. They are classified under a name that I can't remember. Not ditty, or jingle, but some other nomenclature (I tried to avoid the word)

They are limericks. They consist of sequences of two-long-lines/two-short-lines & one-long-line in rhythm, with the last words of lines 1, 2, and 5 rhyming, as do lines 3 and 4, but with a separate sound, all done in about 29 words. They began around the year 1829 in the Irish town of Limerick. And they're usually rude, raunchy, and hilarious!
For instance:
A limerick's a poetic antic
With undertones that are semantic.
It's best if it's rude,
Or crude, or just lewd,
And its meter is frequently frantic.

Limericks

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