What is the typical rhyme scheme of a limerick?

Answer 1

The rhyme pattern of a limerick is AABBA.

A limerick is a 5 line poem with the rhyme scheme AABBA. The 1st, 2nd, and 5th lines have three feet, the 3rd & 4th have 2 feet. It is typically written in a triplet meter - i.e. anapaestic or amphibrachic. The following example has the stressed syllables highlighted and the feet divided by "/", so you can see the meter (1, 2 & 5 are amphibrachic, 3 & 4 anapaestic):

There once was / a man from / Nan-tuck-etWho kept all / his cash in / a buck-et. But his daugh / ter, named Nan,Ran a-way/ with a manAnd as for / the buck-et, / Nan-tuck-et.

Answer 2

Limericks have 5 lines, almost always in the rhyme scheme AABBA. The A lines are longer (three metrical feet) and the B lines are shorter (two metrical feet). An example is: There was an old man from Peru Who dreamed he was eating his shoe He woke in the night With a terrible fright And found to his shame it was true For further reading, see the wikipedia article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limerick_(poetry)#Form

Answer 3

The typical rhyme scheme of a limerick is AABBA, where the first, second, and fifth lines rhyme with each other, and the third and fourth lines rhyme with each other. Each line usually has a specific syllable count, with lines one, two, and five having 8-9 syllables, and lines three and four having 5-6 syllables.

Answer 4

AABBA

Answer 5

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