• 4am@lemm.ee
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    3 months ago

    whose limericks stopped at line four

    Bad rhythm. Should be “whose limericks would stop at line four”

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      3 months ago

      That depends on whether you treat “limericks” as a trochee (long-short, i.e. “lim-ricks”) or a dactyl (long-short-short, i.e. “lim-er-icks”).