1. Limericks

2. Definition A-A-B-B-A line 1,2 & 5 rhyme with each other and lines
A limerick is a light hearted
humorous poem.
A limerick always has the rhyming scheme
A-A-B-B-A
line 1,2 & 5 rhyme with each other and lines
3 & 4 rhyme with each other

3. Example Line 1: “Hickory, dickory, dock, A
Line 2: The mouse ran up the clock. A
Line 3: The clock struck one, B
Line 4: And down he run, B
Line 5: Hickory, dickory, dock.” A

4. Some funny
examples

5. “There was an Old Man with a beard
Who said, 'It is just as I feared!
Two Owls and a Hen,
Four Larks and a Wren,
Have all built their nests in my beard!’”

12. Limerick #1
Limerick #2
Limerick 3#
How to write limerick.

13. Complete this limerick
There was a man from Ealing Who liked to hang from the _________. He said, ‘ I can’t wear a hat. But I hang like a ______ And it’s certainly a wonderful ________.

14. And another one…
*Did you know
that limericks can be put to
song?