| Read these limericks for enjoyment. Also
notice the rhyme schemes. Sometimes poets alter the spelling or pronunciation
of words to fit the rhyme scheme.
| Two beauties who dwelt by
the Bosphorous |
A |
| Had eyes that were brighter
than phosphorus. |
A |
| The Sultan called ‘Troth!
|
B |
| I’ll marry you both!’
|
B |
| But they laughed; ‘I’m
afraid you must tossphorus.’ |
A |
| There was a young lady of
Keighley |
A |
| Whose principle charms in
her teeth lay |
A |
| When they fell on her plate
|
B |
| She called out ‘I hate
|
B |
| Mishaps of this kind, they
are beathly.’ |
A |
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