A vulgar, humorous, short and interesting poem is called "doggerel". In addition, sometimes the author writes poems for self-mockery or modesty, which is also called "doggerel".
Although limerick doesn't pay much attention to meter, antithesis and levelness, it will definitely rhyme, usually consisting of five or seven sentences. Limerick is often used to mock and satirize all social situations, and it can also be used as a riddle.
At the same time, it is a form of social unrest, and it is people's criticism of reality, understanding of society and facing life. Five-element limerick is easy to create, easy to be accepted by the broad masses of the people and easy to remember. The limerick spread.
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In modern times, limerick has become a masterpiece of many people and a tool for fun and irony. Moreover, great changes have taken place in content and subject matter, which began to reflect real life and show people's thoughts, demands and wishes, with distinctive characteristics of the times, but the artistic style of limerick has not changed.
Modern limericks are mostly folk tunes, which are linked with local customs and words blurted out by people through rhyming homophones. Some are funny, some are folk songs, and some are ironic. Vividly describe the changes of the times and a social phenomenon.
The limerick is the author's summary of the false ugliness of the real society and real life, and of course the truth, goodness and beauty, but the former is the main one, not the latter. Any society, any era, as long as there are ridiculous and hateful things, there will be humorous and satirical limericks.
Limerick is a typical popular literature. Perhaps it is precisely because of this "vulgarity" that some "orthodox" scholars regard it as a heresy. However, Zhou Zuoren, a cultural celebrity, said: "Sideways in ideological literature are often more interesting than orthodoxy, because they are more courageous and more alive.
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