10-29-2012, 10:25 PM
(10-29-2012, 06:40 PM)Midwest Spy Wrote: It appears that in all the 'correct' limericks, lines 1, 2 & 5 rhyme, and lines 3 & 4 rhyme, but are different from the other 3?
I thought I did that in my most recent effort?
I ain't a poet and for sure know it.
MS, these are the guides for writing a limerick (which I had my elementary students do every year - some were hilarious).
You're right, Lines 1, 2, & 5 do rhyme as well as 3 and 4 rhyme.
Lines 1, 2, and 5 should have 8 syllables each while lines 3 and 4 should have 5 syllables each.
(I loved this lesson so much that I compiled a booklet of them with each kid illustrating his/her own limerick.)