Limerick

A limerick is a form of poetry, especially one in five-line anapestic meter with a strict rhyme scheme (AABBA). This means lines 1,2 and 5 rhyme and lines 3 and 4 rhyme. A limerick is often a funny poem with a strong beat. Limericks are very light-hearted poems and can sometimes be utter nonsense. They are great for kids to both read and write as they are short and funny.

                

Here are examples of Limerick.

               

                I am not Tony Parker

                Who is fond of ankle breaker

                But if I’d joined the NBA

                With James, Bosh and Wade I play

                Miami Heat would be the winner

                                                    - by Jayson Relos

                           




                           

                  She was a lot of an extra ordinary
                  Her voice echoed the whole theater no worry
                  She said “you’ve got the voice”
                  Smile and told her kid “an amazing choice!”
                  How that Lea Salonga so loud yet so lovely
                                                        -by Dara Rose Agnes


  
                
                A naughty one but not lame
                Wiggles its tail every time I came
                It follows my back anywhere I go
                But barks at those it doesn’t know
                I give Milo as its name
                                                        -by Jayson Relos