How to write limericks

How to write limericks

Lergerine is a type of interesting slang poetry that is often used to ridicule and ridicule various aspects of society. If you want to write a limerick, you only need to remember these three steps:

Establish the theme

An excellent limerick must have an ideological theme, whether it is about one thing or a person , or a scene, the theme should be as real as possible.

Rhyme at the end of the sentence

The limerick does not need to be smooth and oblique, and the words do not need to rhyme, but the last words of all sentences need to rhyme, so that the sentences can be read catchy and can be remembered. live.

The language is popular

The limerick must be down-to-earth, so the language of the limerick must be easy to understand.

Limeers are like children's songs when we were young. For example, the reason why "Lost Handkerchief" is so popular is that it is easy to remember and sing.

Classic limericks

Verse and its origin

Most people call vulgar poems "limerick", and there is an allusion here. In the Tang Dynasty, there was a man named Zhang Youyou who wrote a poem praising snow:

The country is a blur, and there are dark holes in the well.

Yellow dogs have white bodies, while white dogs have swollen bodies.

The slang and vulgar language used in the whole poem are obvious, and Zhang's reputation spread. Later, people called poems with slang and vulgar expressions limericks. What’s interesting is that many celebrities throughout the ages have occasionally performed oil paintings. It is said that Su Shi had a horse face and Su Xiaomei had an extremely wide forehead. The two of them once exchanged limericks to tease each other. Su Shi was the first to attack:

Before his front feet left the boudoir, his forehead had already reached the front of the hall.

Not to be outdone, Su Xiaomei retorted:

Last year I shed a few tears of lovesickness, but this year they started to flow to my lips.

Xie Jin, a great talent in the early Ming Dynasty, was humorous and mercurial by nature. He went fishing with Zhu Yuanzhang once. Zhu fished for a long time, but no fish took the bait. He was very angry. Xie Jin was busy complimenting:< /p>

No fish dares to approach the emperor, long live the king only fishes.

To put it bluntly, Zhu "Long Yan is very happy". Tang Bohu of the Ming Dynasty was aloof by nature and did not want to covet precious things. He wrote a limerick and hung it in his study room to express his ambition:

If you don't refine elixirs and don't meditate, you will be immortalized in wine in Peach Blossom Temple.

When I have time, I will write a piece of green mountains and sell it, so as not to make money to do evil in the world.

Zheng Banqiao in the Qing Dynasty also had a similar self-encouragement poem:

I will not let go of the green mountains, and my roots will be in the broken rocks.

It has endured many hardships and endured many blows, no matter how strong the wind is from the southeast or the northwest.

Limeers are often used to ridicule and tease others. It is said that when Ji Xiaolan wrote a birthday couplet for the mother of an official, she immediately wrote: The old lady is not a human being. The veins on a certain official's face were exposed and his complexion turned livid. Ji Buzhou continued calmly: The Nine Heavens Fairy descended to the mortal world. The official turned his anger into joy and sighed at the exquisiteness. Unexpectedly, with a stroke of Ji's pen, it read: Raised children tend to be thieves. The official immediately fell to the ground unconscious. When his men came to wake him up, Ji added: I stole flags and peaches to honor my mother. When I looked back at the official, his face was gray, dripping with sweat, and in a miserable state, as if he had gone to hell. There is another similar example. In ancient times, a scholar congratulated a Tao family on their birthday and wrote a limerick:

I can't help but I can't, I can't help but it's raining heavily today.

I wish Tao longevity on a night of heavy rain, and his longevity will be greater than that of heavy rain.

The first three lines of the poem made the host furious with rage, and the concluding line stood out with a sudden stroke of genius, which made the birthday poem full of brilliance, which shows the wonderful thinking of the scholar.

Li Tiaoyuan, a talented man from the former Qing Dynasty, was also a master of oiling. It is said that when Li was serving as the chief examiner of Liangjiang, many scholars were dissatisfied and chanted poems against Li. At the end of the competition, each person recited a poem with the theme of sparrow. Li recited two limericks without thinking. One of them says:

One nest after another, three, four, five, six, seven or eight.

If you eat all the emperor’s millet, there will be so many phoenixes!

The second one says:

One after another, all with shallow hair and sharp mouths.

Mao Qian wants to fly but can't fly far, and the tip of his mouth wants to sing, but it can't be rounded.

Don’t laugh at the silent sound of the great roc, which spreads its wings and sings for nine days.

The scholars laughed at first, then they couldn't laugh or cry, and finally they were dumbfounded. Li Tiaoyuan smiled and walked away without saying a word.

There were also emperors who wrote limericks. It is said that during the reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty, a certain Hanlin scholar mistook "Weng Zhong" for "Zhong Weng" when submitting a letter. Qianlong conveniently commented:

How Weng Zhong became Zhong Weng is the result of ten years of hard work as a young man.

Now we are not allowed to serve Lin Han and will be sent to Jiangnan for sentencing.

Qianlong used "poison" to attack "poison" and deliberately wrote "Kung Fu", "Han Lin" and "Tong Fan" as "Fu Kung", "Lin Han" and "Fantong". This Han Lin Full of shame, he went to Jiangnan in despair.

The most interesting one is a limerick that satirizes some so-called poets:

I have never seen a poet in my life, but when I saw him, he was eight feet tall.

If a poet is not eight feet tall, how can he fart on a high wall?

The language of this poem is vulgar, ironic and humorous, making people laugh, enough to make those "poets" feel ashamed.

Limeers are also often used to brag. In ancient times, a group of scholars met by chance in the wild, bragging about their talents and learning, and arguing. Finally, they decided to compete by reciting a poem that best expressed their talents. A scholar's skills defeated the "heroes" and won the championship.

His poem goes like this:

There are as many articles in the world as Sanjiang, and there are as many articles in Sanjiang as my hometown.

My brother-in-law studied articles with me in my hometown.

As soon as this poem came out, other scholars had nothing to say.

The bragging function of limericks was brought to its peak in the 1950s. A leading figure in the poetry world also wrote: "There is Aunt Yang in the Yang family. She is fifty-eight years old this year. She is tall and tall." In the era when "everyone is a poet" when "all people are poets", who are tall and tall, with thick eyebrows, big eyes and wide mouths, many "peasant poets" emerged. Four limericks are undoubtedly "representative works":

Plant a Pumpkin Statue The earth rests on top of the Five Mountains.

Throw it into the Pacific Ocean, and the earth will have one more continent.

A rice ear grows long and long, and bridges are built on both sides of the Yellow River.

Ten cars go abreast, and the train does not sway when it comes.

A fat pig is so big and long that its body stretches across the Pacific Ocean.

The pig's back can land a plane, and the pig's body becomes an airport.

The rice piles were round and pointed, and the members of the commune piled rice up to the sky.

I wiped away the white clouds and smoked a cigarette close to the sun.

There is also a special kind of limerick. The whole poem has seventeen characters, which is commonly known as "three and a half sentences". There is also a story here. According to legend, there was a scholar in ancient times who had a high self-esteem and relied on his talents. He often boasted that he could speak well. Unfortunately, in actual writing, even a quatrain would often get stuck when reading the last sentence, and he had to finish it with two words in a hurry. So he got the nickname "Three and a Half Sentences". Once, "Three and a Half Sentences" met a peasant girl in the wild. He became very inspired by poetry and chanted:

The setting sun shines on the villa, and a girl comes walking.

The golden lotus is only three inches long, measuring horizontally.

When the peasant girl heard this, she was so angry that her face changed color, and she called her family to take San Sen and a Half to the court. Once in the court, San Sen and a Half saw that the county magistrate was named Wang. Unconsciously, he blurted out:

The county magistrate’s real name is Wang, and he wants to be the emperor.

One click and his life is lost.

Complete collection of classic ancient limericks_A collection of ancient classic and interesting limericks

Verse is an interesting slang style of poetry. It is called because the author writes poems that are self-deprecating or self-effacing. For "doggerel". There are many classic limericks in ancient times, including some famous poets. Here are the classic ancient limericks I compiled for you. I hope it will be useful to you!

Classic ancient limericks

Lerger poem: "Snow Poems"

Tang·Zhang limericks

There is an image on the river and a dark hole on the well.

Yellow dogs have white bodies, while white dogs have swollen bodies.

This poem is the origin of limerick. Snow is written throughout the article, but there is no word "snow". However, the shape and spirit of snow are vivid, especially the last word "swelling" is very expressive. The choice of words is very appropriate, vivid and expressive. The language is slang, the nature is simple, and the style is unique. Later generations called poems in colloquial language limericks.

Verse: "Inscribed on the Yellow Crane Tower"

Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty

Punched the Yellow Crane Tower to pieces with one punch, and kicked over the Parrot Island with one kick.

There is a view in front of me, so Cui Hao wrote a poem on it.

Cui Hao, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, climbed to the Yellow Crane Tower to enjoy the scenery and wrote a famous poem "Climbing the Yellow Crane Tower". Later, Li Bai also climbed to the Yellow Crane Tower and looked at the Chutian. When Dafa was about to write a poem, he looked up and saw Cui Hao's poem. He felt ashamed, so he blurted out this limerick and then stopped writing. This story has always been praised by future generations.

Lerger: "Playing with Du Fu's Poems"

Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty

I met Du Fu at the top of the mountain at Fanshun, wearing a hat on his head.

I just want to ask why I am too thin, just because I have always suffered from writing poetry.

Li Bai and Du Fu, one is known as the "Immortal of Poetry" and the other is known as the "Sage of Poetry", are the two most outstanding poets in the Tang Dynasty. Their poems are either heroic or profound. , but this "Playing with Du Fu" has a different kind of relaxation and humor.

Verse: "Poetry of Braised Meat with Bamboo Shoots"

Su Dongpo of the Song Dynasty

No bamboo makes people vulgar, and no meat makes people thin,

Not vulgar but not thin, braised pork with bamboo shoots.

Su Dongpo is known as the "Dongpo layman". Although his official career was not smooth and he was repeatedly demoted, his boldness has not diminished and he still enjoys delicious food happily. Dongpo delicious meat, Hangzhou's famous dish "Dongpo" "Po Rou" was officially created by Su Dongpo.

Lerger: "Riddle Poem"

Ouyang Xiu of the Song Dynasty

The heavy rain wet the wall, and Zhuge had no idea to find Zhang Liang.

Guan Gong ran away from the red rabbit horse, and Liu Bei went to the battlefield with his sword.

It is said that after Ouyang Xiu had a meal at a newly opened restaurant, the owner asked how the food tasted. Ouyang Xiu then wrote this limerick using the technique of guessing and harmonizing, and cleverly expressed the "lack of nourishment and taste": the answer to the first line of the riddle is "without eaves", which means no salt; the second line "without calculation" means no garlic; The third sentence "no rein" means no ginger; the fourth sentence "no general" means no sauce.

Verse: "Poem for an Integrity Official"

Ming Dynasty·Xu Jiujing

Wearing a black gauze hat, it is not easy to be an official.

I don’t care about ordinary things, but only deal with unfair things.

Xu Jiujing was a famous upright official in the Ming Dynasty. He was the protagonist of many literary and artistic works such as dramas and films, and was widely praised by future generations.

This limerick not only expresses his governing philosophy, but also is a true portrayal of his being an honest official.

Lergerine: "Poetry Satirizing "A Visit Here""

Qing Dynasty Sun Weiwei

There is so much nonsense on the pink and white wall that it cannot be written into poetry or song.

If you had real talent and learning, why didn’t you pass the exam?

It seems that scribbling on places of interest has existed since ancient times. It is said that this poem was written by Sun Weiwei, a famous scholar in the Qing Dynasty, who went to visit Laoshan Mountain in Anhui Province one day. He found that "×××came here", "×××came here for a visit" and some swear words were engraved on the wall of the tower. He was very disgusted, so he Write a doggerel to be a biting satire.

Lerger: "Breakfast Poem"

Song Dynasty Yang Wanli

Only work in the boat is compilation of poems, and I have read Tang poetry halfway through the mountain.

It’s not that I don’t eat in the morning, but the mid-mountain quatrains are for breakfast.

Yang Wanli, a poet in the Song Dynasty, insisted on morning reading every day, working very hard and not allowing anyone to disturb him. He often forgot breakfast and wrote this limerick as a self-mockery.

The person who wrote the most "doggerel" and the most brilliant ones in history was undoubtedly Jie Jin of the Ming Dynasty.

Xie Jin is known as the most talented man in the Ming Dynasty. He once served as the chief assistant of the cabinet and the chief editor of "Yongle Dadian". He was very smart since he was a child, and by the age of 8 he was already capable of poetry and writing. When he was 18 years old, Xie Jin won the first place in the provincial examination. It was raining lightly. Xie Jin was so happy that he accidentally slipped and fell. The villagers laughed at him. Xie Jin composed this limerick in his mouth:

Lergerine: "Spring Rain"

Spring rain is as precious as oil, and it flows all over the street.

If you fall down, you will understand the bachelor and laugh at a group of cows.

Everyone laughed even more when they heard Xie Jin casually recited the limerick.

Xie Jin had outstanding talents and won the love of Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang. Once, Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to test Xie Jin, so he said that a concubine in the harem had given birth to a child. Xie Jin blurted out without thinking: My emperor sent a golden dragon last night. . Zhu Yuanzhang said: He is a rich man. Xie Jin replied: Transform into a fairy and reach the ninth level. Zhu Yuanzhang sighed: It's a pity that he died. Xie Jin followed up with a sentence: It is expected that the world will not keep him. Zhu Yuanzhang said again: Throw it into the Jinshui River. Xie Jin was still eloquent: he turned over and jumped into the Crystal Palace.

Another time, Zhu Yuanzhang asked Jie Jin to go fishing together. The emperor did not catch any fish, but Xie Jin caught several. Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang was unhappy, Jie Jin happily gave Zhu Yuanzhang a fish. The first limerick:

Several feet of silk fiber fell into the water, and the golden fishing line was thrown away without a trace.

No fish dares to approach the emperor, long live the king only fishes for dragons.

The historical origin of limericks

One of the origins: limericks first originated among the people in the Tang Dynasty. Since then, they have continued to develop and show active vitality. This type of poetry is generally easy to understand, humorous, sometimes sarcastic, and funny.

Zhang Dayou from the Tang Dynasty was just an ordinary scholar. Some people said that he was a farmer, but in short he was an unknown person. But his "Ode to the Snow", "There is an image on the river, and a black hole on the well. The yellow dog is white on the body, and the white dog is swollen on the body." It was a blockbuster and created a new limerick style that will be famous forever. This poem describes the snow scene, from the whole picture to the close-up, from the color to the expression. The whole article is written about snow, without a single word "snow", but the shape and spirit of snow are vivid. The choice of words is very appropriate, vivid and expressive. The language is slang, the nature is simple, and the style is unique. The style is humorous, relaxed and pleasant, and it is widely spread and praised by everyone.

Origin No. 2: In the mid-Tang Dynasty, one winter, a high official went to pay homage to the ancestral hall and saw such a poem written on the wall of the main hall: "The snow is falling in the sky for six out of nine days, just like a jade girl descending from Qiong Yao. One day when the sky cleared, those who used brooms used brooms, and those who used spades used spades." After reading this, the official became furious and ordered the poet to be arrested. Zhang Dayou, who usually likes to write such poems, was arrested. In order to confirm whether the poem was written by Zhang Duyou, the high official did not rush to convict him, but ordered Zhang to compose another poem. At that time, An Lushan's soldiers were trapped in Nanyang County. Zhang then took this as a topic and blurted out: "A million thieves and soldiers are trapped in Nanyang, with no rescue or food. One day the city is broken, and those who cry for their fathers will cry for their fathers and their mothers. "Crying mother." The two poems were exactly the same. Everyone burst into laughter after hearing this. Even the official was made to laugh, and finally made an exception and spared Zhang oil. Zhang Duyou has become famous far and wide since then. Later, people often called this kind of poems that use slang and common sentences in poems without seeking plain contrast, called limericks.

The literary value of doggerel

Lergerine is the author’s reaction to the falseness, ugliness and evil of real society and real life. Of course, there is also the feeling of truth, goodness and beauty, but the main thing is the former rather than the latter. In any society and in any era, as long as there are ridiculous and hateful things, humorous and sarcastic limericks will emerge. Long Cheng's "New Good Song" says: "I also hope that the party's style will be good, but I can't forget my official position! As long as my position is promoted to three levels, I will naturally stop engaging in political tactics. I also hope that the party's style will be good, but I can't forget my car! Just wait. "Shanghai" was replaced with "Mercedes-Benz", and the privileges were immediately cancelled. "Reflecting a peculiar phenomenon within the party, it is a humorous satire and ridicule of those duplicitous and double-dealing cadres, which is both ridiculous and hateful to read. There is something wrong with the party style, and there is something wrong with the social atmosphere.

During the reform and opening up, some people once used public funds to travel and have fun in the name of study and study. So some people imitated the poem "Inscribed on Lin'an Residence" handed down by Lin Sheng of the Southern Song Dynasty: "The green mountains outside the mountains and the buildings outside, when will the singing and dancing of the West Lake stop?" ?The warm breeze makes tourists drunk, and they call Hangzhou Bianzhou!" He wrote a peeling limerick poem about "Singing and Dancing with Public Funds": "Outside the Qingshan Tower outside the mountains, when will the singing and dancing with public funds stop? The fragrant wind makes "all the gentlemen" Drunk, Jiuzhou is like Hangzhou." It satirizes those so-called public servants who wantonly squander the people's wealth.

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How to write limericks

I was quite moved when I saw this question. The respondent is also a person who loves to write and write. He usually makes a few nonsense remarks when he has nothing to do, and posts on WeChat Moments to have fun. His wife They are jokingly called "crooked poems". In fact, many of them are limericks.

For example, the heavy rain in Beijing in 2012 flooded the country and drowned several people:

It rained all night in the imperial capital.

Heaven can be peaceful, and there will be no need to give up anymore.

Take the driver’s license test

The bright moon is on the sea, and it’s the right time to practice driving.

It’s the right time to practice driving. Bite, write a limerick

There is also a self-deprecating poem that I regard as a Zhihu signature, titled: Read "San Yi Sheng Poems", then recite it into four or six words and become crazy. , I still remember when I was three or five years old.

Everything is easy to come to an end, and there is always no intention to cut the poem.

How can I stand up in shame, Ziyu knows it more happily.

Living in a back alley, Xianzai is also my teacher.

Some people commented that the oil was too low. The respondent was just a bit scared.

The recent Xing Xiangzi read the chicken soup among old classmates and sighed about the perfect life, which is probably like this:

A journey of thousands of miles, a thousand lines of poetry, a few wins and losses, and a few close friends. Two. There is a volume of books, a wife, and a jar of wine.

The fat must be reduced, and the sex will be avoided. I am blessed to be sitting in the high hall, and the bamboo stream is burning incense. , Qin Ming Jiu, Qu Liu Shang

No matter whether it is oiled or not, whether it is high or low, whether it is criticized by outsiders or praised, it is all my own work, and the most important thing is authenticity.

If you only look at the works posted by the author from the perspective of limericks, they are indeed well written, humorous, and catchy to read. The advanced level of limericks is probably like yours. , just want to bite people when they open their mouth. I just signed on the west end, and I have to look for the seal on the east side. "The difficulty of applying for a certificate is vividly written.

If you don’t believe it, we can compare it with the originator of doggerel:

The river and the sky are general, and there are black holes in the well. A yellow dog is white on the body, and a white dog is white on the body. The body is swollen.

The author is Zhang You, hence the name of the limerick. The poem is about snow. After reading it, anyone who has experienced heavy snowfall will definitely smile. Everyone praises its image.

After a little analysis of limericks, it is not difficult to find that when creating limericks, you don’t need to talk about too much rhythm, nor do you need any beautiful artistic conception, nor do you need to "recite a single word and twist it." "Count the stems and whiskers", as long as it rhymes a little. But it doesn't mean that it doesn't matter. It must at least entertain you. Image and humor are its main characteristics. Otherwise, it cannot be called a limerick, but can only be called "rhyming" as Qian Zhongshu said. "Document", or a slogan covered in poetry. Because of this characteristic, limericks can be called _Si's tool to complain.

So, what do you think of writing a good limerick? The answer is: Do you need to study hard to write limericks? You don’t have to do it at all. It has a certain quality in itself and is not elegant in poetry. It is suitable for self-deprecation, self-deprecation and all kinds of complaints. As long as you have a little rhyme and a good grasp of the rhythm, it will be readable. If it is catchy, everything will be fine. If you can "turn your laughter and anger into articles" like Lu Xun's essays, wouldn't it be the top level? Do you still want to "make a statement" and even bring peace to everything with a few limericks? ?

But I think the author of the question is a person with a little bit of literary and artistic feelings. At the end, he said, "I always feel unsatisfied after reading it again, but I can't tell what is unsatisfactory." "So I ask how to write a good limerick.

Let's give an example. Compare the previous limerick with Liu Zongyuan's "Jiang Xue".

Qianshan Bird Flying away, all traces of people are gone. A lone boat and a man fishing alone in the snow in the cold river.

It is also written about snow, but both have two characters. Why has the latter become an eternal masterpiece and been selected into various anthologies of Tang poetry? , What about Chinese textbooks for primary school students?

The first is the artistic conception. The harmonious artistic conception of river, sky, snow and people gives people a deep sense of beauty.

The second is the spirit of personality. All literature is a study of human nature. What kind of life responsibility is this? Does the image of a majestic fisherman appear before our eyes? The poem "The Image of River and Sky" only sees snow. Apart from being surprised by the size of the snow, we cannot see the personality spirit behind the poem.

So, it’s the same writing about snow and the same writing about twenty crosses, but in the latter we can discover more endless things. This is what Sikong Tu, a theorist of the Tang Dynasty, called "the purpose of the outside world." Therefore, it is not difficult to understand that the author always feels that his limericks are "unsatisfactory". If the author insists on how to write a limerick well, please let it go. It cannot carry so much connotation.

How to write classical poetry well? The topic is so big that I can't explain it in a few sentences, and I don't dare to tell you how to write it. If you ask an expert for advice, the answer will probably be nothing more than: learn more, read more, write more, and more importantly, accumulate emotions and experience. As Fang Weng said, "If you want to learn poetry, you have to work outside poetry."

However, given that the subject of the title has a humorous nature, I still venture to point out a way. Learn Nie Cangnu.

Nie Gannu was born into writing Lu Xun's humorous and scolding essays. Later, he became a monk and started writing old-style poetry, but he still did not change his true character:

Do it when you reflect on it

< p>It has only been 50 years of falsehood, but who knows that there are hundreds of thousands of faults.

Stretch eight feet into the Lingguan Hall and shout loudly at the White Tiger Hall.

If the sky has a head cut off, it will be frightened, and the earth will be frightened even if it has no bottom.

Who has thousands of strands of green hair, not a night of frost in Zhaoguan.

Rubbing the straw rope

It takes a lot of effort to create an article, rub it forward and backward on your palms and knees.

The love of a pair lasts for a long time, and the love goes back and forth a thousand times.

If you can tighten this straw rope, the motorcycle can be towed in the mud.

The end of the world pities the withered grass at this moment, is it comparable to Luo Qun?

Cambodian Zhoupo

Fetching water, tigers and woodcutter from the Longjiang River, carrying the burden of dragons and tigers.

Swallows fly over the beams together, and there are banana trees in the snow.

The strong wind carries the grass across the deserted path, and the drizzle pushes the bridge onto the small bridge.

Don’t laugh when you are old and romantic, good poems lie in the sunset.

Female flight attendant

Wearing a long uniform with particularly long sleeves, she sells the new issue of Beidahuang.

The Chairman’s poems and songs are melodious, and the People’s Daily recited them sonorously.

There are three or two white words in his mouth, and a pair of yellow braids on his head.

The cheeks are red and broken by the cold, and the passengers in the carriage are bathing in spring sunshine.

In the modern environment, old-style poetry no longer has the climate to be carried forward by the Chinese people in the Tang and Song Dynasties, but it is also very gratifying to see that there are still many like-minded people who are passionate about classical poetry, and there are also some on the Internet There are many experts. Please go to the poetry forum and have a look. You must gain something.