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Mar 17, 2022 at 5:07pm
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Form of the week: Limerick
by Dave Author IconMail Icon
On this Saint Patrick's Day, we shall revisit the famous Irish form Limerick.

The Limerick has five lines. Lines 1, 2, and 5 all rhyme with three anapestic feet ( https://literarydevices.net/anapest/ ) per line. Lines 2 and 3 rhyme with shorter lines of two anapestic feet. The theme should be humorous, or even hilarious, as demonstrated in the following links:

https://parade.com/1249429/marynliles/limericks/

https://examples.yourdictionary.com/limerick-examples.html

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Form of the week: Limerick · 03-17-22 5:07pm
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Re: Form of the week: Limerick · 03-17-22 5:53pm
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Re: WriterAngel's Form of the week: Limerick · 03-18-22 3:02pm
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Re: Form of the week: Limerick · 03-17-22 6:57pm
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Re: WriterAngel's 2nd Form of the week: Limerick · 03-18-22 3:09pm
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Re: Form of the week: Limerick · 03-17-22 7:06pm
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Re: WriterAngel's 3rd Form of the week: Limerick · 03-18-22 3:16pm
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Re: Form of the week: Limerick · 03-17-22 7:08pm
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Re: WriterAngel's 4th Form of the week: Limerick · 03-18-22 3:24pm
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Re: Form of the week: Limerick · 03-17-22 7:43pm
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Re: Jay O'Toole's Form of the week: Limerick · 03-18-22 3:28pm
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Re: Re: Jay O'Toole's Form of the week: Limerick · 03-18-22 4:21pm
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Re: Form of the week: Limerick · 03-17-22 8:08pm
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Re: Jake's Form of the week: Limerick · 03-18-22 3:31pm
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Re: Form of the week: Limerick · 03-17-22 8:41pm
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Re: Snow's Form of the week: Limerick · 03-18-22 3:42pm
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Re: Form of the week: Limerick · 03-18-22 10:05am
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Re: Mona's Form of the week: Limerick · 03-18-22 3:45pm
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Re: Form of the week: Limerick · 03-18-22 10:31am
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Re: Monty's Form of the week: Limerick · 03-18-22 3:49pm
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Re: Form of the week: Limerick · 03-18-22 2:34pm
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Re: Dan's Form of the week: Limerick · 03-18-22 3:53pm
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Re: Form of the week: Limerick · 03-20-22 8:53am
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Re: ridinghood's Form of the week: Limerick · 03-20-22 9:47am
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