Is there anything similar to Limericks in Russian?

[Alina Israeli]

>> Is there a style of poetry in Russian
>> similar to the English Limerick?
>>
>>
>> -Kenneth
>
>There is a book called "Mother Goose Rhymes" with an incredible collection
>of English Limericks. Most of them are translated into Russian.

There is such a thing as "russkij limerik" which has a built in unspoken
obscenity:

Ivan Ivanych izdavna
Nosil s soboj kusok ... gazety
On govoril: "Gazeta eta
Dlja prosveshchenija nam dana."

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Alina Israeli
LFS, American University                phone:  (202) 885-2387
4400 Mass. Ave., NW                     fax:    (202) 885-1076
Washington, DC 20016

aisrael at american.edu

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