Limerick is the Trick!

Wanna know about Limerick? Actually, this is one of the nonsense poems of all time. People make Limericks just to have fun. They said it's nonsense because it doesn't have any meaning at all. Another thing is that, it's nonsense in a positive way like it's funny, it's entertaining and it is still considered as a creative work of art.


It composes of 5-line stanza, the 1st and 5th lines end with the same word. So since it has only 5 lines, I guess it's very easy for us to do one. It also has a rhyme scheme of AABBA.

I have here an example from Edward Lear, one of the poets who writes Limerick.

As you can see above, Lines 1,2 and 5 has the same rhyme those are Rhyme A, while Lines 3 and 4 are Rhyme B. We called them as Perfect rhyme or Eye rhyme.

I also made my own Limerick, actually I don't know how to start. Yes it sounds easy, but the most easiest thing is sometimes hard to start. 

There was a young boy named Alias

whose always won the Alas

and forget about his crush

wrote a love letter but put it in the trash

now the crazy boy, has always been Alias.

Lines 1,2,5 following the Rhyme Scheme of A ( Alias, alas, and Alias)

Lines 3 and 4 following the Rhyme Scheme of B ( crush and trash)

Now it's your time to shine! Try to make your own Limerick, I know you will enjoy it. Have fun!

Love,

Michelle