Re: Dom 3 Limericks?
Writing Limericks:
ok, its really not that hard. Limericks are based primarily on soft-soft-hard feet, with the (very) occasional iamb permitted. (The famous and not really produceable here in its entirety "Man from Nantucket" limerick starts with an iamb in the first line and has an iamb in the second line).
A line may end either on the final hard, or with a trailing soft after the last hard. The Man from Nantucket's first line:
There once was a man from Nantucket
Hard syllables are bolded. Note most of the feet are soft-soft-hard (excepting the first foot, which is an iamb), and the line ends with a trailing soft syllable. Note that soft-soft-hard is anti-dactyllic, or
Limericks also traditionally have 3 feet per line for lines 1,2,5; and 2 feet per line for lines 3,4. These distinctions also match up with lines that are supposed to rhyme.
So, basic rules:
AABBA rhyming scheme.
A lines have 3 feet, B lines have 2 feet
Most feet should be anti-dactyllic, but the occasional iamb is permitted (no more than one per line).
Using my limerick as an example, emphasized syllables are bolded:
Once a lilot quite fond of castration,
Known to favor deep penetration,
Having failed at seduction
She surmised by deduction
The best end was a defenestration
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