1. This first article I found is by Robert Conquest. It basically addresses the fact that limericks are a source of comic relief and that although they are funny, there is no real substance to them. Robert also claims that books that contain solely limericks aren't great to read all at once, and often times only have a few great limericks coupled with sets of bad ones.
2. This article is by John A. Degen, and he goes through the works of W.S. Gilbert and shows how Gilbert actually used a lot of limerick in the songs he wrote. He uses a lot of specific examples of Gilbert's work, and ties it all together at the end saying that limerick's are important and pleasing to the public ear. And Gilbert is a man who became very famous through his use of limerick.
3. This piece by C. Grant Loomis attempts to find the origins of the limerick. Loomis finds that limericks are said to originate in a place called Limerick, Ireland where many people would use this aabba rhyming pattern. Eventually limericks made it to America through Edgar Lear who made himself famous by imitating limericks back in Ireland.
4. I picked this piece by James Ogden originally because it gave a clear definition of what a limerick was, but when I pair it with my third article I can find that Ogden knows who in Ireland actually invented the limerick and that Lear brought it to America. Ogden also has a lot of limericks throughout his article that provide examples in my wiki article.
5. This piece is more of an informal piece by David Stewart. He is a teacher, and in hid english journal he addresses how most people assume poetry will be boring and very analyzed while the limerick genre is entirely the opposite. It is funny, and has a distinct rhyming scheme that delivers a punch.
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