What do you think of these limericks?

Question

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They're hardly poems to relate to, but what do you think of their rhythm, rhyme, and structure?

Which ones are funniest? Which ones are rubbish [I reckon the first one!]?

Are they beautiful pieces of romantic poetry? ("Yes" gets best answer. Ha!)

I know they're pretty monotonous, but enjoy if you can!

Answer 1

There once was a maid whose jocosity

Cheered her to such a velocity,

They now say it's criminal

To laugh superliminal,

For your wit will be lost to philosophy.

Answer 2

There once was a fetching young maid

Who rode off with the Second Crusade;

She dated a Saracen --

Just for comparison --

And liked what she found so she stayed.