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# Limerick poem

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A limerick is a short, often humorous, sometimes ribald poem. The origin of the term is unknown. The rhyme scheme is usually aabba, with a very rigid meter. [Edward Lear]? is famous for his Nonsense Poems ISBN 0486280314 (Amazon, Pricescan)

  There was a young scholar named Vivian
  Who collected editions of Livy. In
  Shelf and in nook,
  she piled each book
  Til her house was crushed into oblivion.

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