A limerick is a short poem typical of the English language, content usually nonsense and often limits the obscene, which aims to make you laugh or at least smile. The limerick classic is always composed of five verses, of which the first two and the last, rhymed with each other, containing three feet and then three accents, while the third and the fourth, in turn rhymed with each other, contain only two. The scheme, therefore, is AABB, although exceptions to this rule are legion.
limerick In most common first line must always contain the protagonist, a qualifying adjective for him and the geographical location where the action takes place, while the other verses sum up the story and the last line (usually) is invoked protagonist, perhaps calling it better.
The origins of the limerick are absolutely unknown, and although there are many assumptions no research has ever dug into the roots of this comic and licentious poem. The Oxford Dictionary Inglese, first and main source of origin of the limerick, argues that This report comes from the tradition of nonsense verse at weddings, which often ended with the verses phrase "will you come up to Limerick?" or the city and the anonymous Irish county. A confirmation of this theory, to be honest, there is nowhere ... but since there are none better let us take it for good!
The limerick was made famous by Edward Lear (1812-1886), painter, poet and teacher of drawing of Queen Victoria, which has virtually codified what is the modern limerick, while in earlier times the current was nonsense replaced by a more popular obscenities. Limerick, more or less known were also written by Lewis Carroll, Robert Louis Stevenson, James Joyce and Bertrand Russell.
In Italy it is worth mentioning at least Gianni Rodari, that the "Construction of a Limerick" has even dedicated an entire chapter of his brilliant Grammar of Fantasy. And with a limerick by Gianni Rodari, author to be rediscovered by young and old, seem fair to open this little blog, my personal tribute to a little art that can be a great way to play with words:) A gentleman
limerick In most common first line must always contain the protagonist, a qualifying adjective for him and the geographical location where the action takes place, while the other verses sum up the story and the last line (usually) is invoked protagonist, perhaps calling it better.
The origins of the limerick are absolutely unknown, and although there are many assumptions no research has ever dug into the roots of this comic and licentious poem. The Oxford Dictionary Inglese, first and main source of origin of the limerick, argues that This report comes from the tradition of nonsense verse at weddings, which often ended with the verses phrase "will you come up to Limerick?" or the city and the anonymous Irish county. A confirmation of this theory, to be honest, there is nowhere ... but since there are none better let us take it for good!
The limerick was made famous by Edward Lear (1812-1886), painter, poet and teacher of drawing of Queen Victoria, which has virtually codified what is the modern limerick, while in earlier times the current was nonsense replaced by a more popular obscenities. Limerick, more or less known were also written by Lewis Carroll, Robert Louis Stevenson, James Joyce and Bertrand Russell.
In Italy it is worth mentioning at least Gianni Rodari, that the "Construction of a Limerick" has even dedicated an entire chapter of his brilliant Grammar of Fantasy. And with a limerick by Gianni Rodari, author to be rediscovered by young and old, seem fair to open this little blog, my personal tribute to a little art that can be a great way to play with words:) A gentleman
Tiny Como
once climbed on top of the Duomo
and when he was on top
was as high as first gentleman
micropiccolo Como.
once climbed on top of the Duomo
and when he was on top
was as high as first gentleman
micropiccolo Como.
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