In a limerick the rhyme pattern is a a b b a with lines 1, 2 and 5 containing 3 beats and rhyming, and lines 3 and 4 having two beats and rhyming.
Concrete poetry or shape poetry is poetry where the physical shape of the poem represents the subject of the poem.
LIMERICK EXAMPLES:
Limericks
are meant to be funny. They often contain hyperbole, onomatopoeia, idioms,
puns, and other figurative devices. The last line of a good limerick contains
the PUNCH LINE or "heart of the joke." As you work with limericks,
remember to have pun, I mean FUN! Say the following limericks out loud and clap
to the rhythm.
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.
-Anonymous
You will
soon hear the distinctive beat pattern of all limericks. The rhythm is just as
important in a limerick as the rhyme. Try completing this 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 __________.
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