| Read these limericks for fun. Notice the
rhyme scheme. lines are indented. Look carefully at the length of
each line.
| There was an old man with
a beard |
A |
| Who said, “It’s
just as I feared! |
A |
| Two owls
and a hen, |
B |
| Four larks
and a wren |
B |
| Have all built their nests
in my beard. |
A |
| |
|
| Edward Lear |
|
| Young Frankenstein‘s
robot invention |
A |
| Caused trouble too awful
to mention. |
A |
| Its actions
were ghoulish, |
B |
| Which
proves it is foolish |
B |
| To monkey with Nature‘s
intention. |
A |
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| Berton Braley |
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