Limerick

Limericks are fun poems. Their main purpose is to entertain the reader. The topics are usually absurd. The poet often changes the spellings of words or uses pun, a play on words, to create the desired effect. The ending of a limerick often presents a twist. Limericks have a specific structure.

Although there are variations, most limericks are made of five lines. The meter usually consists of three lines of anapestic trimeter and two lines of anapestic dimeter. The rhyme scheme is usually AABBA.