What poem has five line verses usually comical rhyming AABBC strong meter and lines three four shorter?

A limerick is a poem that has five lines, usually comical, rhyming AABBC, strong meter, and lines three and four shorter. Here is an example of a limerick:

There once was a man from Peru,

Who dreamed he was eating his shoe.

He woke in a fright,

In the middle of the night,

To find out his dream was all true!