1. Use the reading process to guide you in your reading the following limerick.

• Skim the title and poem quickly
• Predict what the poem is about
• Think of questions to answer while you read
• Read the poem twice aloud without stopping
• Read the poem again carefully
• Answer the questions

There was an old fellow of Lyme
Who married three wives at a time.
When asked: “Why the third?”
He replied: “One ‘s absurd
And bigamy, Sir, is a crime.”

2. Answer the questions.
   
   
   1. What is the rhyme scheme for this limerick?
      
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   2. Explain the poem’s attempt a humour.
      
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