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What type of humorous poem is commonly written with five lines and has a rhyme scheme of 'aabba'?

Question #45922. Asked by vpham.

Eleanor Page
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Eleanor Page

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Limericks

Mar 31 2004, 5:44 PM
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Baloo55th
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Baloo55th
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Answer has 2 votes.
Limericks - either named from the Irish town, or as a corruption of Learics from Edward Lear, whose verses had a repeat of the first line for the fifth line, unlike the more modern form.

Example:
There was a young girl from Darjeeling,
Who laughed as she swung from the ceiling.
Her mother said "Hey,
You come down right away,
For far too much you are revealing!"

Mar 31 2004, 5:58 PM
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