Famous Figures
This author helped popularize limericks in the 1800s.
Who is Edward Lear?
Limericks started in these two countries.
What are England and Ireland?
Limericks are usually this type of poetry.
What is humorous or playful?
This type of poem has 5 lines and is often funny.
What is a limerick?
This is the rhyme scheme of a limerick.
What is AABBA?
This writer did NOT invent limericks but made them famous.
Who is Edward Lear?
This Irish city is linked to the name “limerick.”
What is Limerick?
Before being written down, limericks were mainly shared this way.
What is oral storytelling (spoken tradition)?
This book helped make limericks widely known.
What is A Book of Nonsense?
These two lines in a limerick are shorter and rhyme together.
What are lines 3 and 4?
Edward Lear’s profession was this.
What is English writer and poet?
Limericks were often shared in this type of social place.
What are pubs?
The last line of a limerick often contains this.
What is a punchline or joke?
Limericks became popular in schools mainly during this century.
What is the 19th century?
This feature gives limericks their “sing-song” feeling.
What is rhythm or meter?