Limericks Day 1 p. 594

Limericks Day 1 p. 594

Edward Lear's Limericks

Multiple Choice

Which choice is a limerick Poem?

• There was an Old Man of Nantucket

  Who kept all his cash in a bucket.

  His daughter, called Nan,

  Ran away with a man,

  And as for the bucket, Nantucket.

  - Anonymous

• That at the last, and in short time, I spide,

  Under a rocke, where she alas, opprest,

  Fell to the ground, and there untimely dide.

  Cruell death vanquishing so noble beautie

  Oft makes me wayle so hard a desire.(Trans. Edmund Spenser)

• Light do I see within my Lady’s eyes

  And loving spirits in its plenisphere

  Which bear in strange delight on my heart’s care

  Till Joy’s awakened from that sepulchre.

• Raindrops falling down

  tulips begin to sprout up

  spring is a rebirth

Multiple Choice

Where did limerick poems originate?

• England

• Ireland

• France

• Germany

Multiple Choice

Which poet made limericks famous?

• Emily Dickinson

• Walt Whitman

• Langston Hughes

• Edward Lear

Multiple Choice

What word can we use to finish this limerick?

• again

• umbrella

• sun

Multiple Choice

What word rhymes with pink?

• purple

• print

• think

Multiple Choice

What word rhymes with Spain?

• sun

• rain

• paint

Multiple Choice

What 2 lines have to rhyme together?

• 1st and 2nd

• 3rd and 4th

• 4th and 5th

Multiple Choice

What 3 lines have to rhyme in a limerick?

• 1st, 2nd and 3rd lines

• 1st, 2nd and 4th lines

• 1st, 2nd and 5th lines

Multiple Choice

What is the style of a limerick?

• happy

• sad

• silly

Multiple Choice

How many lines does a limerick have?

• 4

• 5

• 6