Term 3 Week 4 : Limericks

This week, Limericks were also introduced to the class.

Limericks are 5-line poems with only one stanza, where lines 1, 2 and 5 rhyme, and lines 3 and 4 rhyme, separately from the first 3 lines. It suggests a funny person, usually in ridiculous ways. An example is as follows:

A YOUNG MAN OF CALCUTTA ----------> title

There was a young man of Calcutta ----> rhyme (a)

Who spoke with a terrible stutter. ----> rhyme (a)

At breakfast he said, ----> rhyme (b)

'Give me b-b-b-bread, ----> rhyme (b)

And some b-b-b-b-b-b-butter.' ----> rhyme (a)

Also notice that lines 1, 2 and 5 are long lines while lines 3 and 4 are short ones. As seen here, the limerick describes a man from Calcutta (used probably for rhyme purposes) with a ridiculously bad stutter. Therefore these short poems are something like bizarre ideas portrayed through impossible events. One more thing, in limericks, past tense is always used.

An example of my own limerick:

THE FAT MAN NAMED STEVE

There was a fat man named Steve,

Who ate burgers, nuggets and steak.

He was such a big "ball",

That one day he had a fall,

And he rolled, like a wheel, down the street.

I'll see you next time with another blog post.