"Limerick is a city and the county seat of in the province of Munster, in the midwest of Ireland. The city lies on the River Shannon, with three main crossing points near the city centre and has a 2006 population of 91,000 inhabitants..."
The above quotation has nothing to do with what I am interested in discussing here. Even though they have similar name but essentially they are two different things. The limerick I am interested in is actually a form of poetry. Its origin is still obscure but it is said that it may actually originated from Ireland from an earlier nonsense parlour game which usually ended with "Come all the way up to Limerick?" Structure wise what is limerick? According to Wikipedia, limerick is a five-line poem with a strict form, originally popularized in English by Edward Lear. Limericks are frequently witty or humorous, and sometimes obscene with humorous intent.
We had worked with limerick in class. I found that limerick is actually very unlike other poems we had been exposed to- it is very simple, light-hearted, and less intense. I found that we can sit back, relax and enjoy every witty remarks without always being attentive so as to uncover the underlying meaning beneath each word like other encounters with poetry. Actually, before limerick I had never notice how tense we are when dealing with poetry. We are on the alert as if we are the first line of the battalion on the war field, ready to be bombarded with tonnes of bombs and rained with hundred thousands of deadly bullets. Limerick sounds very much like what the elves sing around the fire, accompanied with laughter and merry-making. Being an always composed person, veiling any vulnerability, I couldn't refrain myself from enjoying myself, composing my own witty remarks mentally and laugh at others creative creation. We are given the opportunity to compose our limericks and present them to the class. we found that limerick is not only easy on the ears, they are also easy on the hand to write and easy to compose.
Since it is easy, fun and entertaining, I would suggest limerick to introduce poetry to students. General perception of poetry is usually it is very boring, difficult and hard to understand. Limerick would prove to them poetry can be fun...
We had worked with limerick in class. I found that limerick is actually very unlike other poems we had been exposed to- it is very simple, light-hearted, and less intense. I found that we can sit back, relax and enjoy every witty remarks without always being attentive so as to uncover the underlying meaning beneath each word like other encounters with poetry. Actually, before limerick I had never notice how tense we are when dealing with poetry. We are on the alert as if we are the first line of the battalion on the war field, ready to be bombarded with tonnes of bombs and rained with hundred thousands of deadly bullets. Limerick sounds very much like what the elves sing around the fire, accompanied with laughter and merry-making. Being an always composed person, veiling any vulnerability, I couldn't refrain myself from enjoying myself, composing my own witty remarks mentally and laugh at others creative creation. We are given the opportunity to compose our limericks and present them to the class. we found that limerick is not only easy on the ears, they are also easy on the hand to write and easy to compose.
Since it is easy, fun and entertaining, I would suggest limerick to introduce poetry to students. General perception of poetry is usually it is very boring, difficult and hard to understand. Limerick would prove to them poetry can be fun...
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