Limericks stick in your head if you actually follow the structure. Do you really see no problem with the syllable stress “How you JUStify IT” or “If it DISagrees WITH data TAken”?
Writing a good limerick is hard. Here’s my best attempt, in which I think the rhythm works, but the second rhyme relies on having the correct regional accent:
When you’re making a shiny new theory But find testing hypotheses dreary, The most clever schemata Can’t replace actual data: Mother Nature might be somewhat leery.
Wrote this in some free time during class (similar theme to Dorikka’s):
I figure limericks are good at sticking in someone’s head, even if the structure makes you distort your point a little.
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Limericks stick in your head if you actually follow the structure. Do you really see no problem with the syllable stress “How you JUStify IT” or “If it DISagrees WITH data TAken”?
Writing a good limerick is hard. Here’s my best attempt, in which I think the rhythm works, but the second rhyme relies on having the correct regional accent: