When is National Limerick Day?
Friday May 12thEdward Lear, an English artist, illustrator, writer, and poet, was born on May 12th, 1812 – Jan. 29, 1888). Lear is best known for his literary nonsense in poetry, prose, and limericks.
The limerick poem is also commemorated on the day. Edward Lear's book "Book of Nonsense" in 1846 popularized Limerick poems. A limerick is a short, amusing, nonsense poem. There are five lines in a limerick. The first two lines rhyme with the fifth line, and the third and fourth line rhyme together, and the third and fourth line rhyme together.
The Limerick also has a particular rhythm that is officially described as an apestic trimeter.
A YOUNG LADY WAS DYING RIGHT NOW.
By Edward Lear
