Monday, 3 November 2014

limericks

Rhyme is important in any language - and understanding it can be good for your English:
Jay Doubleyou: rhyme in english

Why not try something a little more interesting:

Writing a Limerick's absurd,
Line one and line five rhyme in word,
  And just as you've reckoned
  They rhyme with the second;
The fourth line must rhyme with the third.


The limerick form is so well known that it can be parodied in fairly subtle ways. These parodies are sometimes called anti-limericks. The following example, of unknown origin, subverts the structure of the true limerick by changing the number of syllables in the lines.

There was a young man of Japan
Whose limericks never would scan.
  When asked why this was,
  He replied "It's because
I always try to fit as many syllables into the last line as ever I possibly can."


Limerick (poetry) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A limerick fan from Australia
Regarded his work as a failure
    His verses were fine
    Until the fourth line.
Limerick Poetry

These can be put together very easily as these English lessons show:
English teaching worksheets: Limericks
Limericks | ESL

A flea and a fly in a flue
Were imprisoned, so what could they do?
Said the fly, "let us flee!"
"Let us fly!" said the flea.
So they flew through a flaw in the flue.

- Ogden Nash

Limericks Lessons, Worksheets and Activities

For prounciation practice:
ESL Limericks to Learn English at Rudolph Academy ESL OnlineRudolph Academy Quizzes Online, Crossword Puzzles, Worksheets, Workbooks, Word Searches, Tutoring, Spelling, Poems, T Shirts, Fundraising
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