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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.