Was viewing Jack Black's rather hilarious clip on youtube, where he was participating in "who wants to be a millionaire". Came across the notion, "five-line limerick" which never heard of, and hence sourced it out vis the internet. Share with you guys.
A limerick is a five-line poem written with one couplet and one triplet. If a couplet were a two-line rhymed poem, then a triplet would be a three-line rhymed poem.
• Limericks are nonsense verse.
• They have five lines.
• They have a rhyme scheme of A, A, B, B, A (lines 1, 2, and 5 rhyme; lines 3 and 4 rhyme).
• The meter is 3, 3, 2, 2, 3.
• The syllabification is 8, 8, 5, 5, 8.
Limericks are meant to be funny. They often contain hyperbole, onomatopoeia, idioms, puns, and other figurative devices. The last line of a good limerick contains the PUNCH LINE or “heart of the joke.” As you work with limericks, remember to have pun, I mean FUN! Say the following limericks out loud and clap to the rhythm.
EXAMPLE
A flea and a fly in a flue
Were caught, so what could they do?
Said the fly, “Let us flee.”
“Let us fly,” said the flea.
So they flew through a flaw in the flue.
—Anonymous
Info taken from: http://www.readwritethink.org/lesson_images/lesson391/limericks.pdf
Point shared, maybe i should try getting some limricks done too..
By chance saw some Limerick competition related to food.. Here it goes..
WINNER:
In Stowe as I ponder my lunch,
do I crave a full meal or a munch?
There's sweet and there's spicy,
there's way overpricey
but no Mickey Dees in the bunch!
— Selina French
RUNNER-UP:
When you're hungry but so full of woe,
and your cash flow is scarily low,
there's a burger in town
that won't let you down—
Al's French Frys is the place to go.
— Steven Hanson
THE REST:
Though late night's a feast for the eyes,
it's the belly that gets the surprise.
Whether hot dogs or sausage,
in the mouth it gets tossaged,
and topped off with hot gravy fries.
— Damon Brink
An egg is a devilish thing
that can also be in à la king
or phoo yong, or a cup,
even sunny-side up.
Here's to yolks,
and the jokes that they bring!
— Regina Murray Brault
There once was a gard'ning fanatic
with seed packs from cellar to attic.
She lived in Vermont —
what more could one want?
Though the seasons are somewhat erratic.
— Lisa Schamberg
There once was a café at Myers
whose bagels were cooked with wood fires
Boar's Head all the time
made their sandwiches fine.
Soups and sweets that would please any buyers!
— The Café at Myers
The best place to eat is 5 Spice
if you try the mock duck or the rice.
We all love dim sum,
can't help but say "yum,"
and each time the staff is so nice.
— Jamie Garvey
A chocolate-dipped pear is sublime,
a cheesecake with cherries divine.
But after a dinner
I'm trying to get thinner,
so treasures I tend to decline.
— Alison James
A snob with a snood in her hair
attended a fancy affair —
caviar, pink champagne,
candlelight, snood aflame.
"My dear," they said, "you have such flair."
— Regina Murray Brault
You can't beat the food at Vietnam,
though the dining is not very "glam."
The pho is a winner
and a pretty cheap dinner
will make you as glad as a clam.
— Jamie Garvey
There's a restaurant called Trader Duke's
where you'll eat so much chow you might puke.
They've got eggs, bacon, pastry,
and sausage so tasty,
and it's all cooked there fresh, it's not nuked.
— Hunter Hard
There once was a turnip named Hal
whose friend was a carrot called Cal.
They went on a bender,
wound up in a blender
that liquefied Hal and his pal.
— Dan DeSanto
There was an old fish egg named Plato,
alone in a jar in Laredo.
It never would last,
it wanted a blast,
so it burst like a hot baked potato.
— Megan Force
Info supplied by: http://www.sevendaysvt.com/food/food-features/2006/limerick-this.html
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