What is the origin of limericks

The limerick poem, which is said to have been first created by an oiler surnamed Zhang in the Tang Dynasty, has its relatively fixed format, such as "one day the sky is clear, make the broom make the broom, make the spade make the spade". Later, it generally referred to those poems that were plain, rhyming out of "rules", and more colloquial. In this sense, the history of limerick poetry is much longer, and perhaps the first poem in history is limerick.

And Zhang Dayou is nothing more than the most famous representative of them.

Inconsistency and colloquialism are the basic elements of limerick poetry, and both are indispensable (this is my opinion, debatable). Because the language of poetry has its own special places, sometimes it is a collection of nouns or phenomena, sometimes it is a split or reversal of the word order, such as "the wind is urgent, the sky is high, the ape is howling, the white bird flies back", "the fragrant mist and clouds are wet, the clear light and the jade arm is cold", "inaction is on the wrong road, the children are stained with a towel", "fragrant rice pecks at the remaining parrot grains, and the old phoenix branch is perched on the green tree", "my dream of the rest of the cause is Wu Yue", "Ninghua Qingliu naturalization, the road pass forest is deep and mossy and slippery", etc., the reason why this is the case is that some are to level the rhyme, and some are to enhance the appeal of the poem. Therefore, some irregularities cannot simply be classified as limerick poems, but should be classified as archaic.

Du Fu is the strictest in discipline, but sometimes he subconsciously writes poems in genres such as ancient styles. Similarly, some poems that seem to be very colloquial cannot be classified as limericks because they conform to the rhythm. Therefore, in order to judge whether it is limerick or not, we should look at both whether it is legal and colloquial.

Ordinary people call limericks "smooth mouth", and I think it couldn't be more appropriate.

Limerick poetry is a kind of slang poetry that is more interesting and not very linguistic and literary. This kind of poetry is basically from the folk, and it is not composed by great poets, so it does not pay attention to the rhythm, nor does it pay much attention to the balance and duality, but can rhyme. Many people think that one of the biggest characteristics of limerick poetry is that it can write interesting things in life, embarrassing things, or self-deprecation.

You can also write the hot and cold state of the world into a poem, or as a riddle for everyone.

There are two theories about its origin, both of which are related to the Tang Dynasty's "Zhang Dayou". Because he wrote his favorite news into the poem, it was easy to read, so it was widely circulated.

The yellow dog is white, and the white dog is swollen. This poem has no literary brilliance, but it writes the whole picture of the snow scene and highlights the characteristics of the snow. There is not a single word of snow in the whole poem, but it makes people feel very vivid.

Zhang Dayou describes the snow in the most simple words, and people feel that it is particularly down-to-earth and interesting to read. For a while, this poem was spread by everyone, and some people applauded.

There is also a saying that it is also related to Zhang Dayou. Legend has it that one winter, there was a ** to the ancestral hall to worship, he saw a poem written on the wall, but the poem was written very cheesy, ** read it very angry, so he asked his subordinates to arrest as a poet. His subordinates caught Zhang Dayou, who was the best at making this kind of poem, in order to see if it was written by Zhang Dayou, ** With An Lushan trapped in Nanyang County as the title, let Zhang Dayou write another poem.

Unexpectedly, Zhang's poems are the same as those on the wall, although they are cheesy, they make the listeners laugh, and even this ** laughs. He released Zhang Dayou, and from then on, Zhang Dayou's fame grew. Later, people called this kind of poem limerick.

The limerick poem, which is said to have been first created by an oiler surnamed Zhang in the Tang Dynasty, has its relatively fixed format, such as "one day the sky is clear, make the broom make the broom, make the spade make the spade".

Oil poem [dǎ yóu shī ] The content is popular, the words are witty, and the old style poem does not talk about rhyme, which is said to have been created by Zhang Dayou in the Tang Dynasty, so it is named oil poem.

To name a few limerick poems:

Yongshi Tower" looks black from a distance, thin on the top and thick on the bottom; One day, it will be turned over, and the bottom will be thin and the top will be thick.

Yongbai Zi" Wen Chaozhang Temple is suspicious, and the arguments on the road are even more strange; Mr. Bai Zi looked up the word song, and finally asked me Su Dongpi.

Spring Rain" Spring rain is as expensive as oil, and it rains all over the streets. Fell down and laughed at a herd of cows.

Oil poems are particularly simple and easy to understand poems, the origin of history is invented by Li Bai, Li Bai will give a poem after each oil.

The title of limerick is passed down from a man named Zhang Dayou. It's because Zhang Dayou's poems come from mouth to mouth, and the requirements for the rhythm of the poems and bottles are not particularly high.

The limerick poem, which is said to have been first created by an oiler surnamed Zhang in the Tang Dynasty, has its relatively fixed format, such as "one day the sky is clear, make the broom make the broom, make the spade make the spade". Later, it generally referred to those poems that were plain, rhyming out of "rules", and more colloquial.

According to legend, one of the Eight Immortals, Tie Guan Li, had such a story before he became an immortal.

One night, Tie Gui Li's daughter-in-law was about to give birth, but the oil lamp at home ran out of oil, and the black light was blind.

Tie Guan Li's family is very poor, and in desperation, Tie Guan Li can only go to the house next door to open an oil mill to steal oil.

In the middle of the night, Tie Guan Li took the oil gourd, brought the tools, and went straight to the corner of the oil mill's house.

When he reached the corner, he began to chisel the wall little by little, and in about half an hour, the wall was chiseled.

At the same time as he was digging a hole, he alarmed the owner of the oil mill. So the master took a knife and waited at the hole he had cut into the wall.

Tie Guan Li was still very scared in his heart, he first stretched out the gourd head, and at the same time as he just stretched the gourd head, he only heard a click, and the gourd head was broken, which startled Tie Guan Li into a cold sweat.

That's it, that's it, I didn't steal this oil, and I almost lost my life.

Tie Guan Li ran away from home and has not been heard from since.

After the guidance of celebrities and the teaching of strangers, Li Chengxian got it, and it was twenty years later.

Twenty years later, Tie Guan Li plans to go home to see. When I arrived at the door of the house, I found that this place had changed, just in time for his son to marry his daughter-in-law, it was very lively, and I saw that the family had changed greatly, and the previous group of families had already become a mansion compound.

He said to a householder: "He wants to see their old woman, but the family can't live or die, there is really no way, he gave the amulet to the family and said, "The old woman will definitely come to see me when she sees this." ”

The family had no choice but to send a message back and bring the amulet given by Tie Guan Li.

Tie Guan Li waited for a long time, but the old woman did not come, so she wrote a poem on the wall of his house with a pen:

Twenty years ago, he went to steal oil and cut off the head of the gourd with a steel knife.

Children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, so why bother to be horses and cattle for children and grandchildren.

After writing the poem, Tie Guan Li floated away. When the old woman saw the amulet brought by the housekeeper, she burst into tears and said loudly, "Quick! Fast! Fast! Take me to the master. ”

When the family heard this, they were stupid! Is the master here? The old woman said, "The man who brought me to give you the amulet is your master." ”

The old woman didn't see Tie Guan Li when she went out, but saw the poem on the wall: The old man has indeed come back!

I am a little poplar growing every day, sharing the bits and pieces of life with words, and growing up with you.

The original poem is as follows:The rusty lock of the remnant door has not been opened for a long time, and the gray brick path is covered with dry moss.

Nameless withered grass invaded the courtyard, and a bitter bitterness entered the throat.

I suddenly remembered that the high hall was there, and I also used to burn the pot table with the stove.

I feel that I am now invisible, and no one at home complains of feelings.

After decades of wandering in a foreign land, he returned to his hometown and became an outsider.

Behind the door, there is no teaching stick, and there is no telling to add clothes.

This is a limerick poem written by a netizen to miss his mother-in-law, recalling the warmth and beauty of his parents when he was alive at home in the past, recalling the helplessness and hardships of running away from home for half a lifetime, which makes people feel the sadness that comes to their faces.

Limerick:Limerick poetry is an interesting form of slang poetry, which is said to have been named after the Chinese Tang Dynasty writer Zhang Dayou. Zhai Hao of the Qing Dynasty quoted Zhang Zi's "Snow Poems" in his "Popular Edition, Literature, and Oil Poems".

The river is general, and the well is black hole. The yellow dog is white, and the white dog is swollen. Later generations called this kind of slangy, humorous, small and interesting poems "limerick poems".

In addition, sometimes the author writes poems for self-deprecation, or out of self-humility, which is also called "limerick poetry".

Although limericks do not pay much attention to rhythm, duality and peace, they are always rhyming, and they are usually composed of five-character or seven-character sentences. Limericks are often used to mock and ridicule social conditions, and can also be used as riddles.