Limericks are five-line poems that are intended to be amusing. The first, second, and fifth lines must be seven to ten syllables long and rhyme with the same verbal rhythm. The third and fourth lines should contain only five to seven syllables and must rhyme and have the same rhythm. There can be no repetition within the line. A limerick is a light verse form that originated in Ireland around 1830. The first recorded example of a limerick was " There was a young man from Navan/Who went to London to learn his trade;/He returned home at last,/No one knew how or where" (1830). It may seem trivial now, but at the time it was popular among tourists who visited Ireland looking for something to amuse them with after their travels. Today, limericks remain popular as social commentary, particularly political humor. - Wikipedia Syllables are the units of sound production in words. In English, each syllable has a fixed length. A syllable can be any of the symbols used to write language, such as a, an, the, my, your, her, its, they, me, him, us, they're, etc.. However, most syllables are made up of two elements: a vowel and a consonant.