There is a particular type of five line poem known formally as a Cinquain. Ideally, in this type of poem, line 1 has one word (a noun). line 2 has two words (adjectives which describe the noun in line 1). line 3 has three words (words which describe action related to the line 1 word). line 4 has four words (a phrase which describes a feeling about the line 1 word), and line 5 has one word which is another word for the line 1 noun (a synonym).
A humorous poem about an unimportant matter.
A humorous poem is invariably meant to make it's reader laugh. The fall of a man, a thing or the society always is a thing to cause humour and make people laugh. That is what a humorous poem does. It makes somebody's fall or degeneration it's subject and through it's treatise makes people laugh. A good humorous poem leads human heart through laughter to thought.
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The limerick is used for humorous rather than lyrical purposes.
a poem about a poem.
A limerick.
A humorous poem about an unimportant matter.
A cinquain but a five line humorous poem is called a limerick.
A humorous poem is invariably meant to make it's reader laugh. The fall of a man, a thing or the society always is a thing to cause humour and make people laugh. That is what a humorous poem does. It makes somebody's fall or degeneration it's subject and through it's treatise makes people laugh. A good humorous poem leads human heart through laughter to thought.
A limerick
Limericks.
A humorous poem with a five-line structure is called a limerick. It typically has a specific rhyme scheme (AABBA) and a light-hearted or comical tone.
The type of poem you are referring to is called a "pun." It is a form of wordplay that creates a humorous effect by exploiting multiple meanings of a word or phrase. Puns often elicit both groans and laughter from the audience.
John Kendrick Bangs wrote the poem but it was really called ''The Little Elf''
a limerick
A.B Banjo Paterson
Pharaoh and the sargeant by rudyard kipling