What type of humorous poem is commonly written with five lines and has a rhyme scheme of 'aabba'?
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Limericks
Mar 31 2004, 5:44 PM
Baloo55th
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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!"