“Perceiving the underlying metre of the limerick is not just a simple linear experience.”

“A limerick novelist has just launched her second novel, a tale of a bored housewife with a dark secret.”

“Please compose a poem, limerick or any other rhyming prose of your choice. It must be at least 3 verses long and start with the words.”

“Regale everyone with your soppy songs, recite your loopy limericks, and maybe even draw a doodle or two!”

“I curled up with Nash's couplets, quatrains, limericks and occasional jeremiads.”

“In many limericks extra weak syllables may be squeezed in almost anywhere, but we still recognise a familiar underlying metrical pattern.”