Lesson Plan
Neh: Edsit Ement: There Once Was... Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: There Once Was...

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Part 2 of this tutorial on limerick writing demonstrates the importance of form (meter and rhyme) in limerick poetry using the exemplary and amusing work of Edward Lear.
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Emory University: The Limerick Handout
Emory University

Emory University: The Limerick

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site gives a good description of limerick. Features details about the rhyme scheme and the different forms of limericks. References to the bawdy nature of this verse form.
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Limerick Special Interest Group: Some Limerick Myths Handout
Ohio State University

Limerick Special Interest Group: Some Limerick Myths

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives examples of some limerick myths.
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