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What are limericks? Send me some examples!
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Answer:

a humorous, frequently bawdy, verse of three long and two short lines rhyming aabba, popularized by Edward Lear.

Step-by-step explanation:

There was a Young Lady of Ryde.

There was a Young Lady whose Bonnet.

There was an Old Man in a Boat.

There was an Old Man in a Tree.

There was an Old Man of Kilkenny.

There was an Old Man of Marseilles.

There was an Old Man of Quebec.

There was an Old Man who Supposed.

There was a young woman named Bright.

There was an odd fellow named Gus.

There once was a fly on the wall.

There once was a man from Tibet.

There was a young woman named Bright.

I need a front door for my hall.

There once was a boy named Dan.

Further (more detailed) example:

There was an Old Man with a beard, Who said, 'It is just as I feared! Two Owls and a Hen, Four Larks and a Wren, Have all built their nests in my beard!

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Answer:

a limerick is a humorous, frequently bawdy, verse of three long and two short lines

Step-by-step explanation:

Examples are:

There was a Young Lady of Ryde.

There was a Young Lady whose Bonnet.

There was an Old Man in a Boat.

There was an Old Man in a Tree.

There was an Old Man of Kilkenny.

There was an Old Man of Marseilles.

There was an Old Man who Supposed.

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