Limerick is the simplest form of English poetry. A * * * has five elements and needs very good rhyme. You must have a rich vocabulary and the ability to change sentence patterns before you can write poetry.
The first line and the second line: the first line and the second line each have eight syllables, and the rhyme of the last syllable in the first line should be consistent with the rhyme of the last syllable in the second line. Generally speaking, they form a complete sentence.
For example, Niger and Huyun are both ger.
The third and fourth lines: each line can have five or six syllables, and the rhyme of the last syllable in the third line should be the same as that of the last syllable in the fourth line. Generally speaking, it also forms a complete sentence, without ending with a comma or semicolon.
Inner rhyme and riding rhyme are ides.
The fifth line: the fifth line also has eight syllables, and the rhyme of its last syllable is the same as that of the first and second lines, which is a sentence. Tiger ger rhymes with the first and second lines again.
Note: how many syllables a word has can generally be seen by how many vowels are pronounced. For example, apple has only one vowel and one syllable.
Pencil, e and I need two vowels and two syllables. But there are exceptions, such as meadow, which seems to have three syllables but ea is pronounced together, so there are only two syllables.
A line of poetry is not necessarily a complete sentence.
The first letter of each line in English poetry is capitalized, but a line is not necessarily a complete sentence, nor does it necessarily express a complete meaning. Sometimes, a line of poetry is just a sentence, and sometimes two or more lines make up a sentence, and the meaning is complete.
The former is called the end stop line and the latter is called the running line. This is one of the biggest differences between English poetry and China poetry. China's poems all express a complete meaning in one line.