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limerick

form of poetry
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Summary

limerick is a poetry genre[1]. limerick ranks in the top 6% of poetry genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,646 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Named after: Limerick[3]
  • Subclass of: humorous poetry[4]
  • Commons category: Limerick poetry[5]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[6]

Why It Matters

limerick has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] limerick is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

Related Entities

Limerick

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). limerick. Retrieved October 14, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/limerick-q204698
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_limerick-q204698_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{limerick}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/limerick-q204698}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-14}}
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  1. 20w ago · WDEditor777 · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Work available at url → https://humoropedia.com/absurdly-funny-limericks/
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Work available at url: https://humoropedia.com/absurdly-funny-limericks/"
  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Named after → Limerick
    Subclass of → —
    Subject lexeme → {'id': 'L37097', 'numeric-id': 37097, 'entity-type': 'lexeme
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ Yso id: 17572, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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