LIMERICKS By Miss O LIMERICK a rhyming humorous

LIMERICKS By Miss O.

LIMERICK a rhyming, humorous, and often nonsensical five-line poem. There was a chicken who didn’t have a name His farmer thought it was lame He gave it some tonic It went super-sonic Then flew away and was never seen again. By Ben Moston

LIMERICK TRIPLET The 1 st, 2 nd, and 5 th lines rhyme (forming a triplet), and have the same number of syllables. There once was a young girl called Vicky Whose fingers were filthy and sticky She wiped them so hard That they turned into lard So writing became very tricky. By Jenny Bunn

LIMERICK COUPLET The 3 rd and 4 th lines rhyme (forming a couplet), and have the same number of syllables. There was a young man called Mark Who suddenly sang like a lark He joined a street band (The best in the land) That zany young boy called Mark. By Liam Atkins

LIMERICK STARTING WORDS… Limericks often begin with the words: There once was. . . or There was a. . . There once was a gray schnauzer named Spark Quite talkative, he so liked to bark. Sometimes running he found His feet all off the ground Especially on larks in the park.

LIMERICK SYLLABLES MATTER 8 syllables 6 syllables 8 syllables There once was a girl who loved rhyme; She felt her writing was sublime. Indeed quite a poet, Though some didn't know it, She'd be rich if each paid a dime.