利默里克

利默里克are ‘a five-line comic verse following the syllable pattern 8, 8, 6, 6, 8 with the rhyme scheme AABBA – where the 1st, 2nd and 5th lines rhyme with each other, and the 3rd and 4th lines rhyme with each other also.

早期的利默里克，如爱德华李尔的胡说八道，在第5号线重复第1行。但是，最近的经文并不总是遵循这个模型。