WHAT IS A LIMERICK?

Limericks are funny, five line poems They contain hyperbole,

onomatopoeia, idioms, and puns The rhyme pattern is a a b b a – Lines

1, 2 and 5 have three beats and lines 3 and 4 have two beats

There are 7 - 10 syllables in lines 1, 2 and 5 - 7 syllables in lines 3 and 4

What is a limerick Mother?

It’s a form of verse said brother

In which lines one and two

Rhyme with five when it’s through

And three and four rhyme with each other

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 the flue

FINISH THIS LIMERICK

Limericks are often biographical – they talk about a particular person’s life.

There was an old man from Peru

Who dreamed he was eating his ______

He awoke in the night

With a terrible ____________

And found out that it was quite_______

WRITE YOUR OWN LIMERICK Write a limerick about you, or someone you

know. For example:-

“There once was a schoolboy named Jack”

“There was an old man with a beard”

“There was a young person from Gisborne”

Now write another limerick. Here are some suggestions:

1) a fly on the wall 2) a man who thought he was Batman 3) the incredible Wizard of Oz 4) bursting or exploding 5) bound for glory