Limerick

__**Limerick**__ A Limerick is a five-lined poem written with one couplet and one triplet. The rhyme pattern is //a a b b a// with lines 1, 2, and 5 containing 3 beats and rhyming, and lines 3 and 4 containing 2 beats and rhyming. Limericks are meant to be funny. They often contain hyperbole, onomatopoeia, idoms, puns, and other figurative devices. THe last line of a good Limerick contains the punch line. Say the following Limericks out loud and clap to the rhythm.

A flea and a fly in a flue (8-9 syllables) Were caught, so what could they do? (8-9 syllables) Said the fly, "Let us flee." (5-6 syllables) "Let us fly," said the flea. (5-6 syllables) So they flew through a flaw in the flue. (8-9 syllables)

There once was a girl named Brianne Who wanted to buy a big fan. She skipped to the store And dashed through the door, Where she tripped and fell in a pan.

YOUR ASSIGNMENT Write a Limerick following the rules of rhyming and rhythm. The Limerick will be worth 5 points.