Companion Comment thread-Poet Laureate Challenge or the limmerick thread

[ali8780]

(Chuckle) That was for the other thread.

Limericks traditionally are in an anapestic meter. The anapest "unit" is (short short long) or (soft soft hard) if you prefer. The limerick's lines contain 3, 3, 2+2, and 3 of those.

dee dee DUM dee dee DUM dee dee DUM (trimeter :-)
dee dee DUM dee dee DUM dee dee DUM
dee dee DUM dee dee DUM
dee dee DUM dee dee DUM (tetrameter)
dee dee DUM dee dee DUM dee dee DUM


Iambic pentameter means 5 iambs (dee DUM) as in:



Iambic pentameter that doesn't rhyme, for instance most of Shakespeare's plays, is called blank verse. Rhymed couplets, available at extra cost, are a nice way to close out a speech.

I know, I was just teasing

Although I will say that iambic pentameter was indeed difficult to master when I was in high school