L I M E R I C K S

 

A limerick is a poem with five lines. The rhyming pattern of these five lines is A A B B A – which means that the first, second and last lines rhyme with ea ch other, while the third and fourth lines have a separate rhyme.   Apart from that, the perfect limerick has eight syllables in the first, second and fifth line and six syllables in the third and fourth line.

I’m not a good runner and I can’t bat a ball

I can’t even do the Australian crawl

But I never get bored

Because I like to record

Every poetic thing I recall

                                   

                                          (Mrs B)

The exact rhythm and rhyme of the perfect limerick is demonstrated in the nonsense example:

 

dah dahdah dah dahdah dah dum      (A)

dah dahdah dah dahdah dah dum      (A)

dahdah dahdah dah dee                    (B)

dahdah dahdah dah dee                    (B)

dahdah dahdah dah dahdah dah dum (A)

 
bee

 

 

The limericks in the School Daze Gang are:

Bevan the Bully                         Stinky Isabella                          Hank the Hunk

Warren the Whinger                Nelson the Nudist                     Poppy the Pipsqueak

Marvin the Mean                      Sarah the Sneaky                      Robert the Brave

Liz the Luscious                       Freddy the Foolish                    Norman the Nerd

Averill the Absurd

Some of them are not quite perfect. J