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Noun Concept
Categories: Humorous poems, Stanzaic form, Word play, Articles with short description, Poetic form
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limerick
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A humorous verse form of 5 anapestic lines with a rhyme scheme aabba WordNet 3.0
English:
poetry
verse
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A humorous verse form of 5 anapestic lines with a rhyme scheme aabba WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A limerick is a form of verse that appeared in England in the early years of the 18th century. Wikipedia
A form of verse, often humorous and sometimes rude, in five-line, predominantly anapestic meter, with a strict rhyme scheme of AABBA Wikipedia Disambiguation
Form of poetry Wikidata
A humorous, often bawdy verse of five anapaestic lines, with the rhyme scheme aabba, and typically having a 9–9–6–6–9 cadence. Wiktionary
Humorous rhyming verse of five lines. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
verse
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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limerick
Wikipedia
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limerick (poetry)
Wikidata
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limerick
Wiktionary
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limerick
Wikipedia Redirections
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Limerick( poetry), Limerick poem, Limerick poem type, limericks, Lymerick, Sing use another one do
Wikidata Alias
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Limerick

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