Here’s a limerick following the same principle. (I think I read it in Metamagical Themas; not sure if Hofstadter was the original author.)
There once was a man from St. Bees Who was stung on the arm by a wasp When asked “Does it hurt?” He replied “Just a bit — I’m so glad that it wasn’t a hornet.”
It’s a conceptual rhyme.
Here’s a limerick following the same principle. (I think I read it in Metamagical Themas; not sure if Hofstadter was the original author.)
It’s usually attributed to W. S. Gilbert (as in Gilbert and Sullivan).