in reply to There once was a gentleman...

Yes, the limerick isn't that good: you forgot 'vim' :-) I suggest a slightly different rhyme sequence: 
there once was a gentleman named jim
whose light was incredibly dim
he oft used a vim;
when parsing his grammar
he oft used a hammer
and never the wiser was him

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Re^2: There once was a gentleman...
by chargrill (Parson) on Jan 08, 2007 at 14:27 UTC

    Hi arkturuz,

    Please check the wikipedia entry for Limerick, which is slightly excerpted here:

    A limerick is a five-line poem with a strict meter, popularized by Edward Lear and Charlie Murphy. The rhyme scheme is usually "A-A-B-B-A", with a rather rigid meter. The first, second, and fifth lines are three metrical feet; the third and fourth two metrical feet.

    ... and the page is filled with examples that follow the same form. I've never heard it is "metrical feet" - I've usually heard it referred to as "beats", but the meaning is the same.



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