Limerick Poetry Books are books of poetry that feature limerick in the structure of its composition. Consisting of five anapestic lines, Limericks are short and simple literary pieces that are irregular by its contents.
A rhythmic humorous poem often portraying a nonsensical meaning was first found by Edward Lear. It follows the scheme of "A-A-B-B-A" with the first, second, and fifth lines forming a triplet, and bearing the same number of syllables and the rest of the third and fourth lines forming a couplet.
Conventionally, the limerick begins with the introduction of a person and a location and also ends with the same. It sometimes features an internal rhyme, often alliteration or assonance.
The first books was documented in the end of nineteenth century in England and hence popularized by the famous author, Edward Lear. After Lear's 212 limericks, his work attained the classical taste of this type. Gradually became known as Learics.
Some prominent works in the Shakespearian times that feature this type of literary works, are: Othello, King Lear, The Tempest and Hamlet all contain limericks within longer segments.
Other famous authors who integrated limerick within their great literary contributions are: Rudyard Kipling, Mark Twain, H. G. Wells, W. H. Auden, Dixon Merritt, John Galsworthy, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, James Joyce, Lewis Carroll, Spike Milligan, Gelett Burgess, Carolyn Wells, W. S. Gilbert (after Lear) and British author Maurice Evan Hare.
Not only in English, but Limerick also exits in other countries, such as in French. Limericks can be found as a traditional humorous drinking song and also sometimes commercially recorded or printed.
