Limerick

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Limerick

• A form of light verse that follows a definite
  pattern
• Five anapestic lines (two unstressed followed by
  a stressed syllable)
• The first , second, and fifth, consist of three
  feet and rhyme
• The third and fourth line consist of two feet and
  rhyme.

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• There was an Old Man on the Border
• BY EDWARD LEAR
• There was an old man on the Border,
• Who lived in the utmost disorder
• He danced with the cat,
• and made tea in his hat,
• Which vexed all the folks on the Border.

• There was an Old Person of Nice
• BY EDWARD LEAR
• There was an old person of Nice,
• Whose associates were usually Geese.
• They walked out together, in all sorts of
  weather.
• That affable person of Nice!

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How awkward when playing with glue BY
CONSTANCE LEVY

• How awkward when playing with glue
• To suddenly find out that you
• Have stuck nice and tight
• Your left hand to your right
• In a permanent how-do-you-do!

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A Young Lady of Lynn BY ANONYMOUS

• There was a young lady of Lynn,
• Who was so uncommonly thin
• That when she essayed
• To drink lemonade
• She slipped through the straw and fell in.