Limericks are probably the best known form of nonsense verse, although they tend nowadays to be used for bawdy or straightforwardly humorous, rather than nonsensical, effect.
She finds the nonsense verse as puzzling as the odd land she has passed into, later revealed as a dreamscape.
If contemporary allies understood the criticisms inherent in the play, it was also possible to see it as a burlesque with nonsense verse.
Other nonsense verse makes use of nonsense wordswords without a clear meaning or any meaning at all.
He was known for his literary nonsense verse for children and his serious adult writings about social issues and human rights.
Even though the most well-known form of literary nonsense is nonsense verse, the genre is present in many forms of literature.
Additionally, like other nonsense verse, the writing plays with and parodies a well identified genre of high seriousness.
His whimsical nonsense verse celebrates words primarily for their sound, and a specific definition is not needed to appreciate his work.
