There was a young lady of Niger Who

There was a young lady of Niger, Who smiled when she rode on a tiger, They returned from the ride, With the lady inside, And a smile on the face of the tiger.

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What is a limerick? �A limerick is a humorous English poem of five lines: three long and two short ones. (Longman Dictionary of English Language and Culture) �A limerick is a humorous poem which has five lines and a special rhythm and a way of rhyming. (Collins Cobuild English Language Dictionary)

The birthplace of limericks

The Origin of Limericks The origin of limericks is traditionally connected with the Irish town of Limerick. Welcome to Limerick They were considered to be ‘table songs’ and sung during parties. All of them finished with the invitation to visit Limerick! O, won’t you come up, come all the way up, Come all the way up to Limerick?

Edward Lear (1812 -1888) Edward Lear was a famous English poet. He made limericks popular in the 19 th century. He never called his poems limericks, but ‘poems of nonsense’.

The first edition of Edward Lear's Book of Nonsense was published by Thomas Mc. Lean on 10 th February 1846. There were altogether seventy-two limericks in two volumes.

The Plot of a Limerick: �The 1 st line – who and where; �The 2 nd line – what he/she did or what happened to him/her; �The 3 rd – 4 th lines – the result of the event; �The 5 th line – the repetition of the 1 st line.

Task: read the limerick and put the lines in the correct order That my nose is too long, Who said, 'If you choose to suppose, That remarkable Man with a nose. There was an Old Man with a nose, You are certainly wrong!'

Task: try to complete the following limerick Lady whose bonnet, There was a Young ______ birds Came untied when the _____sat upon it; But she said: 'I don't care! air All the birds in the ___ sit on my bonnet!' Are welcome to _____ К привлекательной леди из Капуи Часто птицы садились на шляпу, и Говорила с любовью «Пусть сидят на здоровье!» Та приятная леди из Капуи.

Man of the East, There was an Old ____ children Who gave all his _____a feast; But they all ate so ______ much , And their conduct was such killed That it ______that old man of the East.

Cinquain � 1 st line – a noun � 2 nd line – two adjectives � 3 rd line – 3 verbs � 4 th line – a phrase � 5 th line – a noun (synonym of a noun in the 1 st line)