Limericks

A limerick has five lines.

The rhyme pattern is: A A B B A

Lines 1, 2, and 5 rhyme with each other

Lines 3 and 4 rhyme with each other

Lines 3 and 4 are shorter

Example structure:

There was a Young Lady whose bonnet

Came untied when the birds sat upon it;

But she said: 'I don't care!

All the birds in the air

Are welcome to sit on my bonnet!'

There was an Old Man of Kilkenny

Who never had more than a penny;

He spent all that money,

In onions and honey,

That wayward Old Man of Kilkenny.

WRITE A LIMERICK: Your limerick should be related to Ireland or St. Patrick’s Day.

Possible ideas:

Use One of These Rhyming Patterns- Choose one pattern and build your limerick around the rhymes.

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*⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️ Limericks are intended to be funny; yet, they tend to be rude, or include references to sex/bodily functions:

Bridget Jones's Diary- Watch on YouTube

There was a young woman from Ealing

who had a peculiar feeling.

She lay on her back,

and opened her crack,

and pissed all over the ceiling.

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