1. Limerick

2. Limerick
A limerick is a five-line poem written with one couplet and one triplet.
If a couplet is a two-line rhymed poem, then a triplet would be a three-line rhymed poem.
The rhyme pattern is a a b b a with lines 1, 2 and 5 containing 3 beats and rhyming, and lines 3 and 4 having two beats and rhyming.
Some people say that the limerick was invented by soldiers returning from France to the Irish town of Limerick in the 1700's.

3. Limerick
Limericks are meant to be funny. They often contain hyperbole, onomatopoeia, idioms, puns, and other figurative devices. The last line of a good limerick contains the PUNCH LINE or "heart of the joke."

4. What is a Limerick?
A limerick is often a funny poem with a strong beat; light hearted or nonsense poems.
Structure:
Line 1 A, 7-10 syllables
Line 2 A, 7-10 syllables
Line 3 B, 5-7 syllables
Line 4 B, 5-7 syllables
Line 5 A, 7-10 syllables

5. Examples: A flea and a fly in a flue
Were caught, 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.
-Anonymous

6. Limerick 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!’

7. Examples
The marriage of poor Kim Kardashian Was krushed like a kar in a krashian. Her Kris kried, "Not fair! Why kan't I keep my share?" But Kardashian fell klean outa fashian.

8. Limerick There once was a teacher named Porter
She was the size of a quarter,
Heels she did wear,
As long as her hair,
And you cannot find anyone shorter
-Lindsey Dress

9. Complete the following Limerick:
There once was a pauper named Meg
Who accidentally broke her _______.
She slipped on the ______.
Not once, but thrice
Take no pity on her, I __________.

10. Review of the form: Line 1: 7-10 Syllables, A
Line 3: 5-6 Syllables, B
Line 4: 5-6 Syllables, B
Line 5: 7-10 Syllables, A

11. Limerick There was a Young Person of Crete,
Whose toilette was far from complete;
She dressed in a sack,
Spickle-speckled with black,
That ombliferous person of Crete.