Limerick

Limerick- A five line, humorous poem __Charateristics-__ five lines A A B B A The A's rhyme and the B's rhyme. The A lines are 7 to 10 syllables, and the B lines are 5 to 7 syllables.

__History-__ limiericks originally came from 14th century England. They were nursery rhymes and poems for kids. They were easly written and were adpapted to be sexual and bawdy(vulgar). They were written in english pubs by people thet were drunk, and therefore were thought of as dirty. The actual term 'limerck' came from an Irish town called Limerick. The poem form came from pub songs that said that poeple should come to the town of Limerick. Edward Lear was one of the people who populized limericks.

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1.No matter how grouchy you're feeling You'll find a smile more or less healing, It grows in a wreath All around the front teeth Thus preventing the face from congealing

**2.There once was a lady from Niger Who smiled as she rode on a tiger They came back from the ride With the lady inside And the smile on the face of the tiger

3.Outlet Safety ** Once a guy put his finger in a socket, he got shocked and flew round like a rocket. He burnt off all his hair, was taken to intensive care, now he keeps his hands in his pocket. by: funnypoets.com

Example 1, 2, and 3 are limericks because they meet the syllable requirements. Like in example one the first line has 10 syllables. Example 2 the last line has 9 syllables. Also all of the examples have five lines. __Quiz__ Q1. Where did limericks originate from?

Q2. Were did the actual name "limerick" came from?

Q3. When did limericks originate?

Q4. Who were the people that wrote the first limerick?

Q5. Who popularized limericks? __Answers__ A1. England

A2. Ireland

A3. fourteenth century

A4. beggers or working class people

A5. Edward Lear

Created by- Brenden, Meagan, and Christian

__Bibliography-__ Farlex Inc, "The Free Dictionary." 3-6-2008 [|http://www.thefreedictionary.com/limerick.] Untermeyer, Louis. "The laughing Limerick." 1961. new york bell publishing. 6 Mar 2008 http://www.link75.org/bcs/Publish%20C/bcspoetry/limerick.html "Limericks." 3-6-08 <[|http://www.poetry-online.org/limericks.htm>.] "Glitter your way." __Glitter your way__ 3-11-08 Glitteryourway.com