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If you want to write your own dirty limerick poem, here are a few tips: Choose a topic that is witty and unexpected. Follow the rhyme and rhythm pattern of AABBA. Use creative and humorous language to make your poem stand out. Don’t be afraid to be risque or push the boundaries.
- Ready? Here We Go…
- Okay, So What’s A Limerick?
- Why Is National Limerick Day Today?
There was a Young Man from Kent Whose Rod was so long it bent. So to save himself trouble He bent it in double, And instead of coming – he went! There once was a man from Bel Air Who was doing his wife on the stair But the banister broke So he doubled his stroke And finished her off in mid-air A strange young fellow from Leeds Rashly swallowed a pa...
Technically a limerick, which dates back more than 500 years, is a poem that contains five lines that rhyme in an AABBA structure. Confused? Well it is pretty simple really. All three of the A lines must rhyme with each other, and the two B lines must also rhyme with each other. The whole thing should carry an ‘anapestic beat’ – two short syllables...
Today is all about word play and rhymes to celebrate the birthday of English artist and writer Edward Lear. Lear, who was born in 1812, was all about a bit of fun and wrote his ‘Book of Nonsense’ of 72 limericks in 1846 with exactly that in mind. The book was a huge success, not only making the author popular, but also boosting the limerick into po...
Feb 23, 2022 · Given the raw materials here—a limerick, a spirited young girl, and Nantucket serving as a rhyming word—we naturally assume we know the down-and-dirty precincts where it plans to venture. But the obscene rhyme fails to materialize.
- Brad Leithauser
Dec 28, 2016 · In this post, we’ve gathered up a dozen of our favourite limericks, which are among the funniest limericks ever written and the finest examples of the form. Many of them are anonymous, but where the author of the limerick is known, we’ve mentioned this.
Welcome to Our Dirty Limerick Collection! You must have quite a refined taste for historical and high wit, for you are about to be delighted (as well as tormented) by the word play!
Shifting gears, ever so slightly (and no, that’s not some kind of sexual euphemism), I’d like to round out our list of 14 famous limericks with these two from Oliver Wendell Holmes, Senior and Norman Douglas, respectively. More up my literary alley, they deal with matters of theology and psychology.
Only the most famous limericks for adults in this post... Here you will increase your knowledge of Irish sayings with a collection of short, witty Irish poems.
