Writing a limerick
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WHAT IS A LIMERICK?
-IT’ S A SPECIAL HUMOROUS SHORT POEM
-IT’S ALSO A CITY AND A COUNTY IN IRELAND
- THIS SHORT POEM HAS ALWAYS FIVE VERSESONE COUPLET AND ONE TRIPLET, AND A RHYME PATTERN OF AABBA
Look at this webpage: https://www.imaginelearning.com/blog/2011/03/st-patricks-day-limerick-contest/
Hello, how are you I’m NickHere to teach you a fun little trickTo have a good time when making a rhymeTry writing your own limerick
So listen close to this songLines two and five are all alongAnd in poems of this sortMake lines three and four shortAnd I promise you´ll never go wrong
There once was a very bright kid.Was awesome in all that he didHe learned every trickTo write a limerickAnd the teacher sure did flip her lid.
There was an old man with a beardWho said, “It is just as I feared.Two owls and a henFour larks and a wrenHave all built their nests in my beard!”
Now try completing this limerick:
There once was a pauper named MegWho accidentally broke her _______.She slipped on the ______.Not once, but thriceTake no pity on her, I __________.
There was once a boy named ...............
Who liked to ..................................
But he ...................................................
And he .................................................
So he ....................................................
There is a girl from ..............................
Who usually .........................................
But she never ...........................
And she ...................................
So I promise you ...............................