This blogpost will give you more understanding and a lot of helpful examples related to a type of creative limerick variation indulged in by the authors. To see the whole spectrum of our efforts, you might want to take the time to review "A Corner of the Poet's World: LIMERICK VARIATIONS".
This post is an original collection of poems about 'BI-LYRICAL VERSE', as posted here on May 15, 2020. Where relevant the previously published light verses are also shown.
CURRENT CONTENTS: (original collection -- May 15, 2020)
Dual rhyme-schemes
EMS (emergency medical services)
Gone and went
Goof
Daughter and son
Authors' Note:
Despite the message of the verse, the author has taken pains to construct a slate of dual rhyme scheme, or bi-lyrical limericks, including the above instance; the rhyme scheme can be characterized as:
line 1: C...A
line 2: C...A
line 3: D...B
line 4: D...B
line 5: C...A.
I'm addicted to crafting verse terse,
Though constricted by constructs perverse.
To use dual-scheme rhymes
Can confuse me at times;
But, inflicted on readers? That's worse!
In the above verse, the additional C- and D-pattern rhymes are distinguished using green font. The scansion (pattern of beats), usually involves stressing the third syllable in each line (as indicated by underlining). In this instance, this pattern is broken in the third line of the verse.
Authors' Note: The above verse was spoof-modified form an unattributed but famous limerick, shown below ...
Authors' Note: Goof is used here in a sense overlapping with goofball for a person whose behavior, silly and inept (or 'goofy'), is seen by others as scoff-worthy.
To date, the archives on the OEDILF site lists over 60 limerick entries that are spoofs on the classic Nantucket limericks. And, you might enjoy seeing some of Giorgio's contribution to that oeuvre, as collected in a post entitled 'Variant Verse: Spoofs on the Iconic Nantucket Limerick' HERE.
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