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    <h1>On Limericks</h1>
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(<span class="bold">notes</span>
  (date 2025-06-06)
  (category <a href="../../notes.html">literature</a>)
  (status <span class="status-growing">growing</span>)
  (confidence certain)
  (importance 6)
  (tags poetry reflection limerick))
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    <p class="preview">A study of the limerick form, its history, and notable examples</p>
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<h2>Synopsis</h2>
<p>The following attempts to use historical evidence to uncover the origins, and development of the limerick throughout history. If you would like a breif example of
what a limerick is you can view some I have wrote <a href="/poetry/limericks">here</a>. Regarding the history of limericks it appears to be a highly debated topic. If you are not
interested in a more thorough analysis of a limerick you can view my <a href="">On Limerick Composition</a>, for a practical guide to the composition of limericks.</p>
<h2>Early Precursors &amp; Medieval influences</h2>
<p>It would seem that some "Proto-Limericks" can be indentified within early medieval European verse. Specifically the identification of a 11-century French manuscript of
which contained a five-line poem with similar rhythmic patterns, though its rhyme scheme differed from the modern AABBA structure. Similar examples can be drawn from
Latin prayers such as a hymn attributed to Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), which scholars cite as an early limerick-like composition despite its clear lack of humurous
intent.</p>
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