Resources for $KEYWORD% here. ... Limericks; A comprehensive resource for limericks online. The most famous limericks by Edward Lear are featured on poetry online.

Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening ... Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night ... There once was a horse-riding chap; Who took a trip in a cold snap; He stopped in the snow; But he soon had to go:

Here's a great little collection of famous poems rewritten as limericks, including my favorite, Poe's Raven. There once was a girl named Lenore; And a bird and a bust and a door;

A directory of wonderful things. ... Here's a great little collection of famous poems rewritten as limericks, including my favorite, Poe's Raven.

The most famous collection of limericks is Edward Lear’s Book of Nonsense (1846) ... b)The rhyme scheme of most limericks is usually aabba, as in the following example :

The following sites include classic limericks by well-known authors, limericks by authors not yet famous, and tips on how to write your own limericks.

Poetic Limericks, not your ordinary limerick! ... The volumes consigned to the flames, Sigmund Freud and Remarque, famous names; Ideas set to torch, Burning words that they scorch, Death to books

Boing Boing, the self-styled “directory of wonderful things” posted a link yesterday to a collection of limericks based on famous poems. This kept us entertained for quite a while.

Okay, I am getting ready to take off for Toronto, but I urge you all to continue shirking your responsibilities and posting limericks based on poems.

Aiken, Conrad: A Seizure of Limericks. Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New York-Chicago-San Francisco, 1964. ... Alsop, William K.: Limericks Unlimited. Vantage Press, New York 1970.