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Writing a limerick
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- 2. WHAT IS ALIMERICK? -IT’ S A SPECIAL HUMOROUS SHORT POEM -IT’S ALSO A CITY AND A COUNTY IN IRELAND - THIS SHORT POEM HAS ALWAYS FIVE VERSES ONE COUPLET AND ONE TRIPLET, AND A RHYME PATTERN OF AABBA
- 3. Look at thiswebpage: https://www.imaginelearning.com/blog/ 2011/03/st-patricks-day-limerick-contest/
- 4. Hello, how areyou I’m Nick Here to teach you a fun little trick To have a good time when making a rhyme Try writing your own limerick So listen close to this song Lines two and five are all along And in poems of this sort Make lines three and four short And I promise you´ll never go wrong
- 5. There once wasa very bright kid. Was awesome in all that he did He learned every trick To write a limerick And the teacher sure did flip her lid. 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!”
- 6. Now try completingthis limerick: There once was a pauper named Meg Who accidentally broke her _______. She slipped on the ______. Not once, but thrice Take no pity on her, I __________.
- 7. There was oncea 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 ...............................
- 8. If you findit difficult to rhyme words, try using this webpage: www.rhymezone.com