The Only Use of
limerick
in
Slaughterhouse-Five
- I am reminded of the famous limerick:
There was a young man from Stamboul,
Who soliloquized thus to his tool,
'You took all my wealth
And you ruined my health,
And now you won't pee, you old fool'Chpt 1limerick = a humorous 5-line poem with a rhyme scheme of aabba
Definitions:
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(1)
(limerick) a humorous poem consisting of 5 lines with a rhyme scheme aabbaLimericks often have a 9-9-6-6-9 or 8-8-5-5-8 cadence and are ridiculous. Often they are slightly indecent.
Here is an example of a tame limerick:
There once was a man from Nantucket
Who kept all his cash in a bucket.
But his daughter, named Nan,
Ran away with a man
And as for the bucket, Nantucket. -
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
As a proper noun, Limerick usually references a city or county in Ireland.