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What are the line schemes for limerick poems?

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Answer:

Limericks have 5 lines, almost always in the rhyme scheme AABBA.

The A lines are longer (three metrical feet) and the B lines are shorter (two metrical feet).

An example is:

There was an old man from Peru

Who dreamed he was eating his shoe

He woke in the night

With a terrible fright

And found to his shame it was true

For further reading, see the wikipedia article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limerick_(poetry)#Form

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