Limerick
A limerick is normally a funny poem
*It consists of 5 lines
*The first line usually begins with, “There was a…” and normally ends with a name or a place
*The last line is usually farfetched or unusual
*It has a rhyme scheme of aabba
*This means that lines 1, 2 and 5 rhyme and lines 3 and 4 rhyme
*Lines 1, 2 and 5 should have 7-10 syllables and lines 3 and 4 should have 5 - 7 syllables
Example:
'There was an old man with a beard
Who said, 'It is just as I feared,
Two owls and a hen
A lark and a wren
Have all built their nests in my beard!'
My limerick
There once a old man that had a cat
It was tired so it layed on mat
And was very snug
Then found a bug
That was in the shape of a rat
