What's a limerick again? The standard form is a stanza of five lines, with the first, second and fifth rhyming with one another and having three feet of three syllables each; and the shorter third and fourth lines also rhyming with each other, but having only two feet of three syllables.

This means that there can be between 7-10 syllables in the first, second, and fifth lines, while there can only be between 5-7 syllables in the third and fourth lines.

It's much easier for me to get when I read one and can see the AABBA rhyme scheme and hear the rhythm. Here's an example:

There once was a fish in the zoo

who was looking unusually blue.

One day, the fish died

and the zookeepers cried

as they flushed her down the loo.

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