Limericks

Definition A limerick is funny poem with a specific pattern of rhyme and meter. All limericks have FIVE lines. A limerick always has the rhyming scheme A-A-B-B-A (So line 1,2 & 5 rhyme with each other and lines 3&4 rhyme with each other.)

There was a young man from Leeds Who ate a whole packet of seeds, In less than an hour His nose was a flower And his head was a garden of weeds!

There was an old man from Blackheath, Who sat down on his set of false teeth. He said, in his pain, “I’ve done it again, I’ve bitten myself underneath.

There was an old man of Madrid Who ate 65 eggs - yes, he did! When they asked, “Are you faint?” He replied, “No, I aint - But I don’t feel as well as I did!” There was once a man of Bengal Who was asked to a fancy dress ball; He said, “Will I risk it And go as a biscuit” But a dog ate him up in the hall.

Can you finish these limericks? A rocket inventor named Bright Once travelled much faster than ? He started one day In the relative way And returned on the previous ?

Complete this limerick There was a man from Ealing Who liked to hang from the _________. He said, ‘ I can’t wear a hat. But I hang like a ______ And it’s certainly a wonderful ________.

Now make your own… There was a young ____from ____ Who . And……