Limerick Poems

Poems are a delightful form of literary art. The word ‘poem’ comes from the word ‘poetry’, as the form of literature that includes them is called. The latter originates from the Greek word ‘poiesis’, which means ‘making’ or ‘creating’. The nomenclature itself is proof enough that this form of literature has been awarded the highest position in terms of creativity and ingenuity.

The best part about poems is that they are not bound by any kind of rules and regulations. There is no particular way of writing poetry. It could be narrative, dramatic, lyrical, or satirical in nature. Poems could be bound in a carefully designed, metered rhyme scheme, or could be set as a free verse, too. This proves that anyone can write poetry; whether it is Shakespeare writing a new sonnet in old English, or a little kindergarten child writing about his parents. Hence, poems can be based on just any theme at all, whether it is a serious, intense one, or a light, airy one, or a downright funny one.

While there are many ways of writing Funny Poems, the most crazy and senseless, yet delightful one would be to write limerick poems. Limerick poems have a strict structure – they are five-lined poems that generally follow the rhyme scheme ‘a a b b a’ and do not make any practical sense in terms of content.

They are usually in the narrative form, and they narrate peculiar incidents occurring with people with either strange names, or who hail from oddly named places that may or not exist in reality. They can also, however, describe an object or person in bizarrely hilarious detail. Limerick poems are, more often than not, quite obscene, for they are actually a folk form, and hence imbibe the rustic and bucolic vulgarity that characterize it. They were popularized by Edward Lear, an English artist, illustrator and writer renowned for his literary nonsense.

Limerick poems are a wonderful means of relieving stress. Reading and writing limerick poems based on various concepts and events is quite an enjoyable task, actually. Limerick poems allow a wide range and various forms of poetic diction and tones of voice to be used, from similes to metaphors to other comically rhetorical devices and wordplay, dripping in thick, glutinous syrups of irony, and spicing it up with a shocking conclusion.

The sly tone of voice and the hidden humor behind the words turn a limerick poem into a masterpiece of literary art. Limerick poems have a curious way of producing a particular concept through the means of a set of peculiarly structured expressions, which look quite simple and straightforward, but are actually multi-layered, enabling the readers to try and read not only between the lines, but also through the gaps in between the phrases, words and alphabets, too.

Such is the beauty of limerick poems, for they can make you imagine impossibly mirthful and riotous ideas through their uncanny ability to make your imagination soar, even to the most impracticable and downright ridiculous heights.