What poetic subgenre does the poem belong to?

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anonymous · Answer

A Book of Nonsense
 by Edward Lear (excerpt)

 There was an Old Man with a beard,
 Who said, "It is just as I feared!—
 Two Owls and a Hen,
 four Larks and a Wren,
 Have all built their nests in my beard."

anonymous · Answer

free verse



limerick 



epic



ballad

anonymous · Answer

I know it's not C

conqueror · Answer

You also know it is not A, because Free Verse has no rhyme.

love_ranaa · Answer

limerick :)

anonymous · Answer

@Love_Ranaa Please don't give direct answers. :)

conqueror · Answer

No direct answers please. :) @Love_Ranaa

conqueror · Answer

First line of a limerick is the same as the second

da da da da da da da da - 8 syllables 

da da da da da da da da - 8 syllables 

3rd line same as the fourth.

da da da da da - 5 syllables

da da da da da - 5 syllables

da da da da da da da da = 8 syllables