Limerick

 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