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What is a Limerick? |
Travel Info I`ve heard of limericks, are they a rhyme or poem? Travel Tips A limerick is a five-line poem written with one couplet and one triplet. If a couplet is a two-line rhymed poem, then a triplet would be a three-line rhymed poem. 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. Some people say that the limerick was invented by soldiers returning from France to the Irish town of Limerick in the 1700's. 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." There was an old man from Peru, (A) da DUM da da DUM da da DUM who dreamed he was eating his shoe. (A) da DUM da da DUM da da DUM He awoke in the night (B) da DUM da da DUM with a terrible fright, (B) da da DUM da da DUM and found out that it was quite true. (A) da DUM da da DUM da da DUM Others It's an Irish poem! It's also a town in Ireland. (My hair used to be like yours before I got it cut. Nice tan!) http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q... Modified 1 year ago type of humorous verse A limerick is a short, often humorous and ribald poem developed to a very specific structure. |
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