Limerick
📋 What it is
A limerick is a funny five-line poem with an AABBA rhyme and a bouncy rhythm.
🗣️ Coach says
A limerick is built for laughs: five lines, rhyming AABBA (lines 1,2,5 rhyme; 3,4 rhyme), with a bouncy beat. The last line usually delivers a joke or twist. Silly on purpose.
🧠 Memory hook
Limerick = 5 lines, AABBA rhyme, bouncy beat, funny ending.
😂 Giggle
Why did the haiku pause in the middle?
Because the "turn" is where the poem surprises you!
😲 Whoa!
Limericks are named after the Irish city of Limerick, and were made famous by Edward Lear in the 1800s.
✅ Quick check: In a limerick's AABBA rhyme, which lines rhyme with line 1?
Say your answer out loud first — then reveal.
Lines 2 and 5 (the three "A" lines all rhyme).
AABBA means lines 1, 2 and 5 share a rhyme, and 3 and 4 share another.
🧪 Try it! (2 minutes)
Write a two-line rhyming opener for a silly limerick about a pet.