Limericks

= = __ Lim ____ eri ____ cks __ A ** Limericks are really fun ** A ** You can read them all day in the sun ** B ** They put a smile on your face ** B ** Seen from outer space ** A ** There easy to write and fun **

__ What is a Limerick? __ __ Our Favourite Limericks __
 * A limerick is a fived line poem written with the first two lines rhyming with the last line and the third and fourth line rhyming with each other (see poem above for example). The rhyming pattern is A A B B A (again see poem above). Lines **** 1, 2 **** and **** 5 **** contain three beats and rhyme; lines **** 3 **** and **** 4 **** have two beats and also rhyme. **
 * A curious lad from Dover **
 * Crossed poison ivy with a four-leaf clover. **
 * This young man was struck **
 * With a rash of good luck, **
 * Before his experiment was over **

__ Famous Limericks __
 * A flea and a fly in a flue **
 * Were 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 flue. **
 * __ To Miss Vera Beringer __**
 * There was a young lady of station **
 * "I love man" was her sole exclamation **
 * But when men cried, "You flatter" She replied, **
 * "Oh! no matter **
 * Isle of Man is the true explanation" **
 * Lewis Carroll[[image:http://www.notablebiographies.com/images/uewb_03_img0147.jpg width="137" height="175"]] **

__** Limerick by Edward Lear from //A Book Of Nonsense// **__
 * 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!' **