A limerick is a poem that consists of five lines in a single stanza with a rhyme scheme of AABBA. The first, second, and fifth lines feature the same verbal rhythm, rhyme, and have seven to ten syllables. The third and fourth lines must rhyme (differently from the rhyme of lines one, two, and five), feature the same rhythm, and have five to seven syllables. Limericks are intended to be humorous and the subject of limericks is generally silly.
