Example of a Limerick Poem

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Limericks
Limericks. A limerick is a very structured poem that can be catagorized as "short but sweet." They are usually humerous, and are composed of 5 lines, in an aacca rhyming pattern. ... An average limerick would be similar to this ...
http://library.thinkquest.org/3721/poems/forms/lim

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... the page form a shape or object related to the poem. (More or Example) ... Limerick: (((((Limerick: A Limerick is a rhymed humorous, nonsense poem of five lines ...
http://www.your-poetry.com/oldsite/poetryterm.html

... A rhyming poem is a verse poem that contains rhyming words at the end of certain lines. ... An Example of a Limerick. What is a limerick, Mother? ...
http://ctap295.ctaponline.org/~lpadilla/Poetry.ppt

Arthur . Games . Fern's Poetry Club: A Narrative Poem | PBS Kids
A NARRATIVE POEM tells a story and can be about anything. Sometimes the poem's lines have a rhyming pattern. Sometimes they don't rhyme at all. Here's a narrative poem written by Arthur: Jimmy Goes to the City
http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/poetry/narrative.h

The Starlite Cafe: Sept.3-11, 2002 Challenge: A LIMERICK Catherine LeGault
Sept.3-11, 2002 Challenge: A LIMERICK... Posted on Tuesday, September 03, 2002 - 12:23 pm: Winning the Golden Pen is a singular honor. Thank you, Joseph, for bestowing it on me. ... rigid forms just for the discipline. A limerick is a type of poem, usually a funny one ... then making a joke. For example, here is a limerick by Edward Lear ...
http://www.thestarlitecafe.com/discus/messages/499

Madeleine Begun Kane, Humor Columnist, Notables Weblog , Political Commentary with Sardonic Twist, October through ...
... But first, a limerick: There once was a year named ... anniversary of Dubya's Dayly Diary with a poem. Okay, perhaps "celebrate ... we're just seeing an example of compassionate conservatism ...
http://www.madkane.com/notable01_04c.html

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... The next poem uses the to/too/two homophones. This example is a limerick. ... A limerick is a humorous or nonsense verse of five lines ...
http://www.humanitiessoftware.com/samples/pi282.ht

Cinquain
... This is the most commonly heard first line of a limerick ... Another example of a shape poem is if the subject of your poem is a fish ...
http://members.shaw.ca/mrh/poetry.htm

Practice Activities
... Write a Limerick! A limerick is a humorous five line poem. The first, second and fifth lines rhyme ... Here is an example of a limerick by Edward Lear ...
http://www.mca.k12.nf.ca/subpro6.htm