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It simply means that the first two lines and the last line end with the same rhyme, and the third and fourth lines have a different rhyme to the others.
For example:
An Anglican curate in want (a)
Of a secondhand portable font (a)
Would exchange, for the same (b)
A portrait, in frame, (b)
Of The Bishop Elect of Vermont (a)
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∙ 13y ago
Saying that a limerick is in the form aabba means that it follows a specific rhyme scheme where the first, second, and fifth lines rhyme with each other (A), and the third and fourth lines rhyme with each other (B). Each line typically has a specific number of syllables as well.
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When we say a limerick in the form aabba we are refering to its?
rhyme scheme.
When you say a limerick is in the form aabba you are referring to its?
Rhyme scheme - in a limerick with an aabba rhyme scheme, lines 1, 2, and 5 rhyme with each other, and lines 3 and 4 rhyme with each other.
What does it mean to say that the limerick is in the form aabba?
It simply means that the first two lines and the last line end with the same rhyme, and the third and fourth lines have a different rhyme to the others.For example:An Anglican curate in want (a)Of a secondhand portable font (a)Would exchange, for the same (b)A portrait, in frame, (b)Of The Bishop Elect of Vermont (a)
Would it be possible to write a serious limerick?
Uhhhhh . . . you could write a poem in the same meter as a limerick, but I believe that a real limerick must be humorous. I would say, "No".
Who invented limericks?
A limerick is made up of five lines where the first second and fith lines rhyme with each other and then the third and fourth rhyme with each other this style of writing is known as aabba or referred to as being anapestic which basically means two short syllables followed by one long one
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