1. humorous five-line poems with a distinctive rhythm and rhyme scheme (AABBA)

Examples

• The children giggled at the silly limericks in the poetry book.
• She wrote several limericks for the school talent show.
• Edward Lear popularized limericks in the 19th century.
• The contest asked students to compose original limericks about animals.
• His limericks always had unexpected and amusing endings.
• The book contained dozens of clean, family-friendly limericks.