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	Limericks
		But as limericks were short, relatively easy to compose and bawdy or sexual in nature they were often repeated by beggars or the working classes in the British pubs and taverns of the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventh centuries.
		Limericks are short and no great talent is necessary to compose one - Limericks are a form of poetry that everyone feels happy to try (especially when inebriated!).
		His work with limericks were, however, was not in any way indecent and this particular book proved to be extremely popular in the nineteenth century and this was contributed to by the humorous magazine Punch which started printing examples of limericks leading to a craze by its readers.
	www.poetry-online.org /limericks.htm (815 words)

	limerick - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Limerick (verse), a humorous verse form, the subject of which is often nonsensical but the structure of which is strictly prescribed.
		Limerick (city), city in the southwestern Ireland, county borough of county Limerick, at the head of the estuary of the Shannon River.
		Limerick (county), county in southwestern Ireland, in the province of Munster, bounded on the north by the Shannon River.
	encarta.msn.com /limerick.html (155 words)

	Poet's Pantry Field Trip Intro
		Poetry is full of figurative language, open to interpretation, and awash with unusual use of punctuation, word constructions, and hidden meanings.
		Poetry, with its beautiful sound and imaginative nature, is at the same time both intriguing and perplexing to students.
		Poetry has the power to change our way of thinking, and it is because of this complexity and importance that we must begin to study it early in life.
	www.field-trips.org /lit/poet/index.htm (586 words)

	Poet's Pantry Field Trip Intro
		Poetry is full of figurative language, open to interpretation, and awash with unusual use of punctuation, word constructions, and hidden meanings.
		Poetry, with its beautiful sound and imaginative nature, is at the same time both intriguing and perplexing to students.
		Poetry has the power to change our way of thinking, and it is because of this complexity and importance that we must begin to study it early in life.
	www.field-guides.com /lit/poet/index.htm (586 words)

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		A limerick is a short, often humorous and ribald poem developed to a very specific structure.
		Lear wrote 212 limericks, but they were aimed more at nonsense than toward a punchline or twist in the final line, and often the last line is simply a variant or reversal of the first.
		Although limericks have been written in a great number of different languages, many of these suffer from the fact that the meter of the limerick does not adapt well to such languages as, for example, French or Latin.
	wikiwhat.com /encyclopedia/l/li/limerick__poetry_.html (712 words)

	Limerick (poetry) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A limerick is a five-line, often humorous and ribald poem with a strict meter, popularized by Edward Lear and Ogden Nash.
		In his time limericks accompanied an illustration on the same subject, and the final line of the limerick was a kind of conclusion, which usually was a variant of the first, ending in the same word.
		The dodoitsu is a short sometimes comic Japanese poem known as a Japanese limerick.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Limerick_(poetry) (1482 words)

	Poetry Types Defined (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A limerick is a very structured poem that can be categorized as "short but sweet." They are usually humorous, and are composed of 5 lines, in an aacca rhyming pattern.
		Narrative poetry is one of the simplest forms, because there is only one basic rule: the poem must tell a story.
		Acrostic poetry is a form of short verse constructed with the initial letters of each line taken consecutively form words, phrases or a name.
	eresourcecafe.tripod.com /poetry.htm (1141 words)

	Instructional Materials in Poetry
		Poetry Volume I Eight curriculum units containing lesson plans, examples and poetry which cumulatively cover grades 5-12.
		Poetry in the Classroom: Incentive and Dramatization Eleven curriculum units containing lesson plans, examples and poetry which cumulatively covers grades K-12.
		Seeing with the Heart: Poetry in the Classroom) In the first part of this teaching unit, the author discusses how she exposes students to a wide range of poetry and describes a variety of activities she uses to have students begin writing their own poetry.
	www.cln.org /subjects/poetry_inst.html (711 words)

	Limericks Poetry Humor Recreation
		Quick, slick limericks are odes to Irish humorArizona Republic, AZ - Mar 16, 2007In 2000, Goedicke was a music history graduate student at the University of Chicago and had never written a line of poetry.
		March is Poetry Month at the Dorval LibraryMessager Lachine/Dorval, Canada - Feb 26, 2007«Hiccoughs»: Monday, March 5th 10:15-11:15: A bilingual activity for children 3 to 7 years old, with funny poems, silly rhymes and loony limericks.
		Poetry Club and has been writing poems since age he was in seventh grade.
	www.iaswww.com /ODP/Recreation/Humor/Poetry/Limericks (515 words)

	Poetry Magazine - All About Limericks
		A limerick is funny, it's just five lines, and it's written in verse that has a particular pattern of rhyme and meter.
		Limericks are written with a specific rhyme scheme of "a-a-b-b-a." In other words, the first, second, and fifth lines rhyme with each other, as do the third and fourth.
		Limericks are written in "anapestic meter." That means each line is comprised of anapestic feet with a "short-short-long" syllable stress pattern.
	poetry-magazine.com /poetry/poetry-004/08page.htm (349 words)

	The Lure of the Limerick - Australian Poetry
		Essentially, the limerick is an anecdote in verse.
		Limericks are not all rude, crude and revolting.
		Edward Lear, ‘The Poet Laureate of the Limerick’, was born in Highgate in England on the 12th of May 1812, the youngest of a family of twenty-one children.
	www.eurekacouncil.com.au /Australian-Culture/Australian-Literature-Poetry/lure_of_the_limerick.htm (696 words)

	Limerick Discussion Page (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Limericks with two weak beats at the end are less common than those with one or none.
		Limerick books sometimes contain tricky things that are not really limericks or verses that have such a strong tradition that they are accepted despite some deficiency.
		One frequent criterion that is invoked for rhymed poetry is that the rhymes should appear to be unforced.
	www.sfu.ca /~finley/discussion.html (3085 words)

	Forms of Poetry - PoetrySoup
		Poetry that certain letters, usually the first in each line form a word or message when read in a sequence.
		Poetry which holds the principles and ideals of beauty that are characteristic of Greek and Roman art, architecture, and literature.
		Cowboy poetry is rhymed, metered verse written by someone who has lived a significant portion of his or her life in Western North American cattle culture.
	www.poetrysoup.com /poetry_forms.asp (1751 words)

	Limericks
		Most limericks I had read were nonsensical at best, contrived at worst, and filled with references to people from Nantucket.
		I think they tend to be overly silly (and the writers of limericks tend to let the form degenerate).
		A limerick is a short, often humorous and ribald poem developed to a very specific structure.
	www.cfcl.com /vlb/Projects/Poetry/limerick.html (602 words)

	whitehousepoets
		Microphone On an anthology of poetry heard at the White House was published in 2005.
		She is currently guest editor of Revival, a journal of contemporary poetry published by the White House Poets.
		Dominic Taylor is a native of Limerick, Ireland.
	whitehousepoets.blogspot.com (1421 words)

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		Students will be able to demonstrate the rhyming pattern and rhythm of a limerick by creating their own.
		The limericks will be read to all the students, including Brian and Dom.
		Also, think about how a limerick is much different from a haiku or a two-toned poem.
	www.naz.edu:9000 /~klsilky/limericks.html (864 words)

	limerick poetry - 3rd poetry (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Limericks poetry, how to write a limerick poem, what is a limerick, words that rhyme, a short limerick poems writing example.
		A limerick is a short form of poetry known for its wit.
		Poetry is like a great photo, a single moment in time, capturing many feelings and emotions.
	poetry.gundack.info /dir10/limerick-poetry.html (503 words)

	The limerick, bawdy and obnoxious... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The limerick, bawdy and obnoxious, is not unlike a freak-show curiosity in the carnival of literary forms.
		Don Marquis defines three distinct types of limericks: "Limericks to be told when ladies are present; limericks to be tol d when ladies are absent but clergymen are present--and LIMERICKS" (Legman xi).
		Often the joke is on the poet himself; the limerick is a method, sometimes hostile, of laughing away "sexual fears and impotencies--real and imagina ry--in short satirical efforts of elaborate rhyme, in which, be it said once and for all, woman is the usual butt of the satire" (Legman xl).
	www.writing.upenn.edu /~afilreis/88/limerick.html (542 words)

	Lear,
		The limerick is, simply, a funny five-line story told in verse that has a particular pattern of rhyme and rhythm.
		According to the Encyclopedia Britannica and Langford Reed (a limerick scholar and historian) the limerick is believed to have originated from a song brought back from France by returning members of the Irish Brigade in the 18th century.
		A primary purpose, therefore, of playing with the sounds of poetry is to develop heightened awareness of the significance of word music in communication.
	www.geocities.com /bodamato/limericks.html (5466 words)

	You've Got That Write!
		A superior response is given detailing the typical subject matter of this genre of poetry and why this subject matter lends itself to this type of poetry.
		Cue the Club Write: Poetry video to the part after the boy in the fl shirt sitting in the library says, “After I had picked out a few poems I might like to memorize, I thought about the writing part of the project.” The video is now ready for the pre-writing group of students.
		The Club Write: Poetry video should be cued to the part after the boy in the fl shirt sitting in the library says, “After I had picked out a few poems I might like to memorize, I thought about the writing part of the project.” Push PLAY.
	cte.jhu.edu /projectbuilder/popup_PrintTour.cfm?TourID=461 (5893 words)

	Open Directory - Recreation: Humor: Poetry: Limericks (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Arthur's Limericks - A collection of humorous five line limericks and verses in the style of Edward Lear.
		Limericks and Links - Limericks on diverse topics along with a discussion page on the technicalities of the limerick.
		Limericks for Wimps - Bowdlerized limericks for the politically correct.
	dmoz.org /Recreation/Humor/Poetry/Limericks (372 words)

	poetry workbook-g21-limerick (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A simple way of starting is to decide on who the limerick is to be about (this will take 3 or 4 beats or syllables - a fat cat, a thin monkey, an old man) and write this into the beat-boxes after the There was.
		The stories in most limericks are strange and silly so you can be as crazy as you like, but keeping to the rhythm is essential.
		You may know some examples of limericks that use 9 and 6 beats in the long and short lines, but whichever length you use it is better to start from the tightest form (as on the worksheet) and add the extra beats as necessary.
	www.windowsproject.demon.co.uk /wbweb/wwbg21.htm (419 words)

	Limerick Poetry
		The limerick is a fun, nonsense poem that originated in the 1700s; legend holds that soldiers from the Irish city of Limerick brought the poetry style back from France.
		Limericks follow a standard form of five lines and have a rhyme scheme of aabba.
		A true limerick is supposed to have a kind of twist to it.
	www.poetstrain.com /poetrybook/limerick-poetry.html (356 words)

	Political Analysis of 'Wrong Number' by Wisława Szymborska - Poetry
		The relationship between politics and poetry is often debated.
		Her brave poetry and other works challenged the socialist government in Poland in the 1980s.
		Poetry can be successfully utilized to convey political messages.
	www.bellaonline.com /articles/art8658.asp (518 words)

	B&B Limerick Bed and Breakfast Ireland - a B&B Network Website Limerick Accommodation
		Belonging to the province of Munster, county Limerick is situated in the mid-west of Ireland and covers an area of 2,686 km².
		Barker House is a family run bed and breakfast, situated on the Shannon Estuary in the picturesque village of Glin.
		The most important port of county Limerick is Foynes, a major deep-water seaport.
	www.limerick-bnb.com (441 words)

	Limerick.com - Poetry Angelas Ashes Walkng Tour, Frank McCourt, Limerick (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Was the first poet to headline at the White House poetry revival on the 25th.
		He is the author of ten previous collections of poetry, four of them with Salmon Publishing, and he has poems in numerous anthologies, including Irish Poetry Now and Or Volge L'Anno-At the Year's Turning: An Anthology of Irish Poets Responding to Leopardi.
		Tim Cunningham was born in Limerick in 1942.
	www.limerick.com /whitehousepoets/poetryprofiles.html (520 words)

	ipedia.com: Limerick (poetry) Article (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A true limerick is supposed to have a kind of twist to it.
		Lear wrote 212 limericks, but they were aimed more at nonsense than toward a punchline or twist in the final line, and often the last line is simply a variant or reversal of the first.
		Although limericks have been written in a great number of different languages, many of these suffer from the fact that the meter of the limerick does not adapt well to such languages as, for example, French or Latin.
	www.ipedia.com /limerick__poetry_.html (914 words)

	Shadow Poetry -- Resources -- Don J's Bestbook Poetry Guide Articles -- Other Forms of Poetry
		A limerick is the most popular poetic form that uses three-syllable feet.
		The limerick is a form that is said to have five lines of anapestic meter: Hcc, Hcc, Hcc.
		The first haiku is obviously a modern poem referring to acid rain, and has a gentle twist to the relationship between the Japanese poetry form and the Japanese car, Honda, which produces its share of pollutants.
	www.shadowpoetry.com /resources/bestbook/chapter5.html (1011 words)

	Limericks and How to write a Limerick.
		A limerick is a short form of poetry known for its wit.
		A limerick is a verse of five lines, usually humorous.
		Finally, finish with a ending to your limerick, which should make your reader laugh, and which rhymes with the last word of lines one and two.
	www.poetryamerica.com /limerick.asp (374 words)

	Funny Poems and Funny Poetry -Limerick Clean
		Parsley, Sage Rosemary and Thyme is not a Limerick!
		Commentary on the state of poetry today, with tongue firmly planted in cheek.
		All poetry is copyright by the individual authors.
	www.funnypoets.com /poems_category/limerickclean.htm (318 words)

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