The Secret Formula: A St. Patrick's Day Limerick
St. Patrick's Day Limerick - the Secret Formula
This is my humble attempt to make an awesome St. Patrick's Day limerick! "What in the world is a limerick??", you may ask. Well, I shall tell you! A limerick is "a five-line poem written with one couplet and one triplet. The rhyme pattern is a a b b a with lines 1, 2 and 5 containing 3 beats and rhyming, and lines 3 and 4 having two beats and rhyming."1 It is meant to be funny and comical, often containing literary devices such as pun and hyperbole. So now, let's check out the limerick I composed!
"The Secret Formula" - an original limerick
The clover just new he would win
His luster gave lookers "the grin"
"But oh no! I am swaying!
And my leaves are decaying!
Please give me my tonic and gin!"
Hope you enjoyed it!!
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Published by Thomas Griffin
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16 Comments
Post a CommentFunny one! Nice touch that you gave the explanation of a limerick.
great limerick and definition too!
I'll take that gin now. southern Comfort if you have it! Thanks for writing
Ver cute and thanks for defining a limerick. I did mine wrong!
Great Limerick, loved it!
Thomas, you've written great line
Writing limerick your very first time.
Though you claimed it quite humble,
Never once did you bumble,
And I hope that you'll now look at mine!
Fun! My limerick is here: http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2696861/st_patricks_day_limerick.html?cat=42
I also wanted to let you know that always do comment for comment. (This is just if you are interested.) Come view all of the pages of one of my articles, and leave a comment to let me know if you did that, and I'll do the same for you! That way we help each other get page views. (My comments are often generic and just talk about Woofles or being busy because I am a busy person, but I am reading!)
Wow, you are everything musical friend. Good job. I can't even keep a beat & chew gum at the same time. Well done.
loved it! I really had no idea on the beats and stuff. Im sure you did because you know all about music. Good luck and hope you win!
Ah.... so it's no longer a secret!