limerick
/ˈlɪmərɪk/noun
उच्चारण लिमरिक
पाँच पंक्तियों की हास्य कविता
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a humorous short poem with five lines, in which lines 1, 2 and 5 rhyme and lines 3 and 4 rhyme
पाँच पंक्तियों की हास्य कविता
- Edward Lear wrote many limericks.
- Radhika wrote a funny limerick about her cat.
- Our teacher asked us to write a limerick about a monsoon holiday.
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- A limerick is easy to recognise because of its bouncy rhythm and rhyming ending.
- Edward Lear made the limerick popular with children.
Synonyms comic verse nonsense verse humorous poem ditty
≈Synonyms and antonyms
Synonyms
comic verse nonsense verse humorous poem ditty
§Grammar and usage
Keep the poem types together, asked often: limerick (five funny lines), sonnet (14 lines), haiku (three lines, Japanese), ode (a poem addressed to somebody or something), elegy (a sad poem for the dead), ballad (a poem that tells a story), epic (a long poem about heroes).
कविता के प्रकार साथ याद रखिए, अक्सर पूछे जाते हैं: limerick (पाँच हास्य पंक्तियाँ), sonnet (14 पंक्तियाँ), haiku (तीन पंक्तियाँ, जापानी), ode (किसी को संबोधित कविता), elegy (मृत के लिए शोकगीत), ballad (कथा कहने वाली कविता), epic (वीरों पर लंबी कविता, महाकाव्य)।
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General knowledge
Literature: a limerick has five lines with the rhyme scheme AABBA; Edward Lear made limericks popular in 'A Book of Nonsense' (1846).
साहित्य में limerick में AABBA तुकांत योजना वाली पाँच पंक्तियाँ होती हैं; Edward Lear ने 'A Book of Nonsense' (1846) में limericks को लोकप्रिय बनाया।