limerick [ˈlɪmərɪk]
Un limerick es un poema burlón que consta de cinco versos con rima aabba. Las composiciones suelen ir dirigidas a una persona y el tono es normalmente bastante grosero o surrealista. A menudo comienzan con las palabras there was a... y contienen dos versos largos seguidos de otros dos cortos más un remate incisivo que puede llevar una rima torpe o inesperada a propósito. A continuación mostramos un ejemplo de limerick: There once was a man from North Wales, Who bought a trombone in the sales; But he found, when he tried it, There was something inside it: Fifty pence and a packet of nails.
limerickaabbathere was a...limerickThere once was a man from North Wales, Who bought a trombone in the sales; But he found, when he tried it, There was something inside it: Fifty pence and a packet of nails.
