Great! The standard pattern for the metre of a true limerick treats it as anapaestic, thusThere was a young man from Warwick
Who had reason for feeling euphoric
He could - by election
achieve triune erection
Ionic, Corinthian, Doric
Yes, anything that remotely approaches the right stress pattern is a welcome appearance here.Great! The standard pattern for the metre of a true limerick...
That's right, the pesky anapaestics!Dude that's imaginative but it's not a limerick.
This is a limerick (stressed syllables come every third syllable)
Pretty butterfly bent and restrained
A glass tube in her tunnel of pain
As it warmed her insides
She was stripped of her pride
By derisive applause when she came
Gosh. I have been messing up it seems.Dude that's imaginative but it's not a limerick.
This is a limerick (stressed syllables come every third syllable)
Pretty butterfly bent and restrained
A glass tube in her tunnel of pain
As it warmed her insides
She was stripped of her pride
By derisive applause when she came
Chalk in"ANAPEST"to the memory bank.You are a real mentor Hangnail
The unfortunate whore by her neck is danglingTree has tried the last solution...
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You think it works...
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...but she's always back forMooremore!!