What is a doggerel?

The limerick of the Five Elements is an interesting slang poem, which is said to be named after Zhang Dayou, a writer of the Tang Dynasty in China. Later generations called vulgar, humorous, small and interesting poems "doggerel". In addition, sometimes the author makes poems to laugh at himself or out of modesty, which is also called "doggerel".

Although limerick doesn't pay much attention to meter, antithesis and levelness, it will definitely rhyme, usually consisting of five or seven sentences. Limerick is often used to mock and satirize all social situations, and it can also be used as a riddle.

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In the long years since the Tang Dynasty, although there are dross in doggerel, its defects do not cover up, and many good works with healthy content, interesting and original ideas have been produced.

It comes from life, rooted in the soil of the masses, and does not moan. It directly reflects people's happiness and pain, love and hate, hopes and demands. It is closely related to the people, with profound popularity and broad mass base.

During the development of doggerel, many scholars produced many good doggerel, either humorously joking or criticizing people's words, or happily singing and loving people. These doggerel combined with the doggerel of unknown folk poets and brought out the best in each other, which promoted the development and reform of doggerel creation in content and form.

The language is vulgar and full of humor, and the "oily" taste is the obvious feature of limerick. The "oil" of limerick lies in that it can introduce slang customs from fields and streets into the poem, making the language expression of the poem unique. People read kindly and fresh, and even an illiterate person can quickly understand the main idea of the poem when listening to others.

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