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Limericks What are they?

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LimericksWhat are they?

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What are limericks?

A limerick is a five-line poem. The rhyme pattern is a a b b a.

pattern a is a triplet,pattern b is a couplet.

A limerick is read in chunks.

Named after the city of Limerick, Ireland.

Limericks (the poems) are short and amusing. Many are at least a little naughty.

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What kind of figurative language is being used?

What is the limerick being compared to?

The limerick is furtive and meanYou must keep her in close quarantineOr she sneaks to the slumsAnd promptly becomesDisorderly, drunk and obscene.

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Limericks read with a chunk pattern

Read the following limericks:

A flea and a fly in a flueWere caught, so what could they do?Said the fly, "Let us flee.""Let us fly," said the flea.So they flew through a flaw in the flue.

A student was sent to TacomaIntending to earn a diplomaHe said, “With the rain, I don´t want to remain.I think I´d prefer Oklahoma.”

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Limericks should be read with a chunk pattern:

A flea/ and a fly/ in a flue/ - triplet (a)Were caught,/ so what/ could they do?/ - triplet (a)Said the fly,/ "Let us flee."/ - couplet (b)"Let us fly,"/ said the flea./ - couplet (b)So they flew/ through a flaw/ in the flue./ - triplet (a)

Anonymous

A student/ was sent to/ Tacoma/ - triplet (a)Intending/ to earn/ a diploma/ - triplet (a)He said,/ “With the rain,/ - couplet (b)I don´t want/ to remain./ - couplet (b)I think/ I´d prefer/ Oklahoma.”/ - triplet (a)

Gilbert, Judy B (2005) Clear Speech. Pronunciation and Listening Comprehension

in North American English. Cambridge: New York, N. Y.

Limericks read with a chunk pattern

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Limericks read with a chunk pattern

Maybe the most well-known source of limericks is The Book of Nonsense by Edward Lear.

(James Miller edition, 1875)

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The Book of Nonsense limerick

“There was an Old Man with a beard,Who said, 'It is just as I feared!

Two Owls and a Hen,Four Larks and a Wren,

Have all built their nests in my beard!'

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St Patrick’s Day Limerick

A man, while drinking Light Bud,Crashed his car with a sickening thud,

The car that he hit,Had a warlock in it,

now he lives as a frog in the mud.

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References

Limerick: A Historic Town, An Amusing Little Poem - Read on For a Little of Both!<http://www.irish-expressions.com/irish-limericks.html>

Limerick (poetry)<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limerick_(poetry)>

Limericks, chunk pattern from Victor Diaz <http://www.slideshare.net/VictorDiaz14/limericks-chunk-pattern>

The Write Stuff: Limericks from Kimberly Coleman<http://www.slideshare.net/kimberlycoleman/the-write-stuff-limericks>