n. 【詩学】 リメリック, 五行俗謡 《Edward Lear がその詩集 The Book of Nonsense (1846) の中で用い一般化した; 通例, 弱弱強調の 5 行からなり, 1, 2, 5 行は 3 詩脚で互いに押韻し, 3, 4 行は 2 詩脚で互いに押韻する, 韻律形式には変形もある; 例: There was an old man of Khartoum / Who kept two tame sheep in his room: / "For," he said, "they remind me / Of one left behind me, / But I cannot remember of whom."》.