A limerick has five lines.
The last words of lines one, two, and five rhyme.
The last words of lines three and four rhyme.
A limerick has to have a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.
U S U U S U U S
U S U U S U U S
U S U U S
U S U U S
U S U U S U U S An example is -
"There was an old man from Peru
Who dreamed he was eating his shoe
He awoke in the night
With a terrible fright
To discover it was totally true."
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There once was a flea
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he itched up your
daddys trouser knee
one day he found out and said with a shout goodbye flea.
There once was a book
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and one night
he woke with a fright
to find himself on a hook.
There once was a frog
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he saw a fly
out the corner of his eye
but lost it in the fog.
There once was a rocket
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but when he tried to go up
he got stuck in a dump
and they never found him again.
There onece was boy named twedeil
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they wore black
and white stripes
but man did they fight and none of them ever won.
There once was a teacher named Kate
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oh man do I whish
that this would never end
shes room5s best friend.
there once was a boy
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then he lost it
then found a broken bit
he then never lost a toy.
There once was a boy named Ethan
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and wen he got out
he felt very funny
he got out and saw a bunny