Do limericks rhyme

Answer 1

Yes. A limerick has 5 lines. Lines 1,2 and 5 rhyme. Lines 3 and 4 rhyme. eg There was an old man of Peru Who dreampt he was eating a shoe He woke in the night With a bit of a fright And found to his shame it was true

Answer 2

The Limerick's rimescheme is AABBA. In a standard Limerick the couplet rimed BB will each be half-lines (or near half-lines) relative to the length of the A rimed lines.

There was a young gardner from Leeds

Who bought fifteen packets of seeds.

He sat in his yard

And said: "It's too hard

To be bothered to plant all these seeds".

Answer 3

Traditionally, not a separate title. A Haiku's title is derived from its first line when necessary... but some people have written Haikus with titles.

Answer 4

Not usually, no, but there isn't a law against it.

Answer 5

Make it scan properly. Make it rhyme in the scheme AABBA. Make it amusing.

Answer 6

Yes, limericks typically consist of five lines that rhyme in an AABBA pattern. The first, second, and fifth lines have a similar rhyme, while the third and fourth lines have a different rhyme scheme.

Answer 7

YES

Answer 8

I don't no