Limerick

A humorous, nonsense poem of five lines following a rhyming pattern of

aabba

Though not necessary, the number of syllables are often as follows:

9    9      6      6     9

The Man From Aruba

There once was a man from Aruba,

Whose favorite hobby was scuba.

Every day he would wish,

He could spear a big fish.

But settled instead for canned tuna.