The most difficult poetry riddles

A limerick is a form of verse, often humorous and sometimes obscene, in five lines. It has a strict rhyme scheme of AABBA; the first, second and fifth line rhyme, while the third and fourth lines are shorter and share a different rhyme.

Epithalamium was originally among the Greeks a song in praise of bride and bridegroom, sung by a number of boys and girls at the door of the nuptial chamber. Later, it was developed into a special literary form, and received considerable cultivation. Sappho, Anacreon, Stesichorus and Pindar are all regarded as masters of the species.

The Dog on the Tuckerbox is an Australian historical monument and tourist attraction. The statue was inspired by a bullock drover's poem, "Bullocky Bill", which humorously describes a series of misfortunes faced by the drover, culminating in his food being spoiled by his dog.

Carpe diem is a Latin aphorism, usually translated "seize the day", taken from book 1 of the Roman poet Horace's work Odes (23 BC).