LIMERICKS

LIMERICKS• Popular form of Irish lyric poetry.• Have a musical tone.• Named after Limerick, Ireland.• Often feature humorous or

obscene themes.• Features set rhyme and meter

schemes.

RHYME SCHEMEA - There was a young lady named Rose A -Who had a large wart on her nose.

B - When she had it removed

B -  Her appearance improved,

A - But her glasses slipped down to her toes.

RHYME SCHEMEA - An elderly man called Keith

A - Mislaid his set of false teeth -

B -   They'd been laid on a chair,

B - He'd forgot they were there,

A -Sat down, and was bitten beneath.

METER• Lines 1, 2, and 5:– 8 to 10 syllables.

• Lines 3 and 4:– 5 to 7 syllables.

LIMERICK SONGA Limerick is made of five lines,The first, second, and fifth always rhyme,Three and four rhyme and jive,Eight to ten – one, two, five;Five to seven in the third and fourth lines.