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Hela Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

limericks

0Dear teachers,02br
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00Would you please help me answer this question? This is not a homework.02br
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00Read the limericks below and guess what the last line could be.02br
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001) There was an old man of Darjeeling (where is this?)02br
00Who travelled from London to Ealing.02br
00It said on the door:02br
00“Please don’t spit on the floor!”02br
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002) There was an old man of Peru02br
00Who dreamt he was eating a shoe.02br
00He awoke in the night02br
00In a terrible fright02br
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003) There was a young lady of Niger02br
00Who smiled as she rode on a tiger.02br
00They returned from the ride 02br
00With the lady inside02br
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004) There was an old lady of Kent 02br
00Whose nose was remarkably bent.02br
00One day, they suppose,02br
00She followed her nose02br
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005) An epicure, dining at Crewe (where is it?)02br
00Found quite a large mouse in his stew.02br
00Said the waiter. “Don’t shout02br
00And wave it about02br
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00Thank you for your help,02br
00Hela0-
  

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0I'm not a teacher ... may I answer? 05002br
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001. There was an old man of Darjeeling02br
00Who travelled from London to Ealing.02br
00It said on the door:02br
00“Please don’t spit on the floor!”02br
01i00So he carefully spat on the ceiling.02i02br
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002. There was an old man of Peru
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0As for the other two questions, have a look at these links: [url=05000]Crewe (England) [/url] and [url=05100]Darjeeling (India) [/url]. 0240hrefhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crewe241hrefhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darjeeling
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0Thank you very much. Do you have other examples of limericks, please?02br
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00Kind regards,02br
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00Hela0-
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0My pleasure.02br
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00If you google 'limericks,' you will find a lot of sites like this [url=05000]one[/url]. 0230hrefhttp://www.poetry-online.org/limericks.htm
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0My favourite post-modern limerick is:02br
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00There was a young man of Japan02br
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00Who wrote verses that never would scan.02br
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00When asked why that was02br
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00He said "It's because02br
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00I always like to try to get as many words into the last line as I possibly can."02br
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0Thank you for your answers. If other possibilities exist, I'd be happy to have them, too.02br
00Do you know of other verses like these, please?02br
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00Have a nice day,02br
00Hela0-
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0Dear Hela,02br
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00I used to write a lot of them when I was around 10 years of age. I remember a few02br
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00The trees are full of fruits02br
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00They have strong and sturdy roots02br
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00Seeing them bathed in sunbeam02br
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00Birds to their branches stream02br
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0Thank you for your help. 050010id1
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