06-22-2013, 09:02 AM
(06-22-2013, 07:49 AM)Leanne Wrote:at least there is no chance of this devolving into an endless round of hastily constructed limericks.(06-22-2013, 07:16 AM)billy Wrote: it's okay it says [other forms] in the question, but masterfully done nonethelessWell no, it's not... but I wasn't going to point that out, because that would make me a snobby know-it-all.
is iambic pentameter a form
Limericks are most commonly amphibrachic but as long as they're triple feet it doesn't really matter where the stresses start. Anapaests and dactyls work too. Limericks are the perfect form for commentary of any kind. I like them for sports.
A footballing legend called Ivor
Was known as a terrible diver
He said to the hooker
"Well sure you're a looker
But I would go down for a fiver."
milo
When thinking of nothing for hours
just ponder upon yellow flowers
they're highly symbolic
of fancy free frolic
to say nothing of golden showers


