JAMB - Literature In English (2023 - No. 1)
A limerick has
ornate style, humour, irony and seven lines
formal and elaborate style and humour
humour,rhyme scheme and five lines
a stinging climax, rhyme scheme, and five lines
Explanation
A humorous short poem with two long lines that rhyme with each other followed by two short lines that rhyme with each other and ending with a long line that rhymes with the first two. The rhyme scheme is usually aabba.
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