Limerick

Limerick

A limerick is a kind of humorous verse of five lines, in which the first and second lines rhyme with the fifth line, and the shorter third line rhymes with the shorter fourth.

Examples:

There once was a pelican named Izzie.
Who ate fishes until she was dizzy.
But the fishes didn't mind,
To be treated so unkind.
They were just glad to keep her so busy.

There once was a speaker of note
To his talks his books he would tote
Oh how he’d try
To get people to buy
Without feeling they were being grabbed by the throat.