limericks in English
Verbal abuse and insulting ditties, ballads, limericks , and other doggerel had long been directed at the monarch, his ministers, close family, and mistresses as well as at the elites of the kingdom by their social inferiors.
Use "limericks" in a sentence
1. We're after election limericks, with the only stipulation that entries should scan conventionally.
2. And if you intend to compose your own poems, limericks or verses, a songwriter's rhyming dictionary would be invaluable.
3. He welcomed changes in the life of the University and of the Department in adroitly phrased verse and limericks.
4. Anapests can be seen throughout English poetry and verse plays, but they are most frequently employed in comic verse, such as limericks.
5. In a newly revised and extended version, it is the lead piece for an unparalleled collection of Bawdy and erotic verse, and dirty limericks
6. Anapests in Lear's "There was an Old Man with a Beard" The poet Edward Lear is famous for his limericks —short, humorous poems consisting of four lines that make use of Anapests to create a lighthearted, comedic effect
7. I don't know whether it's in Anapests with the opening syllable missing from every other line, or in amphibrachs (the foot of limericks) with a syllable missing at the end of every other line; and most people would consider it sentimental Victoriana (though not "light," I don't think -- it intends to jerk tears); by some measures it was the most popular American poem in the 19th century