Limerick's Day

[Т А Кузнецова]

How to write a limerick

May,12 is a Limerick Day, this kind of poetry may be used as pronunciation drill or even to introduce the culture of the English –speaking world.

Here are some examples of the limericks:

There once was an old man of Esser,

Whose knowledge grew lesser and lesser,

It at last grew so small

He knew nothing at all,

And now he's a college professor.

 

There once was a lady, Ilene,

Who liver on distilled kerosene,

But she started absorbin'

A new hydrocarbon

and since then she'd never benzene

 

There once was a lady from Hyde,

Who ate a green apple and died,

While her lover lamented,

The apple fermented,

and made cider inside her inside.

 

There was a young lady one fall

Who wore a newspaper dress to a ball.

The dress caught fire

And burned her entire

Front page, sporting section and all.

If you want to use limericks in the classroom you can go to http://www.gigglepoetry.com/poetryclass/limerickcontesthelp.html

This resource will give you ideas how to teach with limericks and write limericks.

Rhyme Pattern: The last words of the first, second, and fifth lines all rhyme with each other. We’ll call those rhyming words “A,” however the words could be “ Peru,” “shoe,” and “true” as illustrated in the first poem below or “Tim,” “swim,” and “him” as illustrated in the second poem below. And the last words of the third and fourth lines rhyme with each other. We’ll call those rhyming words “B,” however the words could be “night” and “fright” in the first example or “dock” and “rock” in the second example.

A Clumsy Young Fellow Named Tim

1. There once was a fellow named Tim (A)

2. whose dad never taught him to swim. (A)

3. He fell off a dock (

4. and sunk like a rock. (

5. And that was the end of him. (A)

Happy limericking!

[tam]

Спасибо. что напомнили о лимриках. Очень их люблю. И детей приучаю любить и понимать.