78+ Famous Poems Rewritten As Limericks

Tickled by the link Bookninja and Boing Boing posted this morning to Famous Poems Rewritten as Limericks I realized you could do the same with songs so I whipped up the two examples below.

Famous poems rewritten as limericks. The Raven There once was a girl named Lenore And a bird and a bust and a door And a guy with depression And a whole lot of questions And the bird always says Nevermore. A brilliant idea but the meter is so poor it is almost ruined. Limericks By Edward Lear. Famous Songs Rewritten as Limericks.

Apr 09 2009 1006 AM. Poetry that is intended to be humorous amusing or entertaining. They both kinda make the same joke but I didnt try very hard to cure their lameness because I figured their very imperfection might prompt a competitive spirit. There was a small boy of Quebec Who was buried in snow.

Ambassador 1737891 Alan May. Famous Poems Rewritten as Limericks The Raven There once was a girl named Lenore And a bird and a bust and a door And a guy with depression And a whole lot of questions And the bird always says. While there is some light verse written in free verse most light verse is written in rhyme and meter. For example here is Wordsworths I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud.

If you dont read Hebrew its a limerick version of Bialiks On the Slaughter one of the most famous poems in all of Hebrew literature an angry blood-chilling and beautiful response to the Kishinev pogroms. Famous Poems if they were rewritten as Limericks. 1 a chance for YOU to share a poem you love whether its something you read or wrote yourself find the poem online and leave the link in the linkup tool below. Have a Great Easter Weekend Kim White.

Here are examples of limericks by famous writers. So without further ado. There once was a girl named Lenore And a bird and a bust and a door And a guy with depression And a whole lot of questions And the bird always says Nevermore. While undoubtedly late to the party I wrote three.

The results are hilarious. I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud There once was a poet named Will Who tramped his way over a hill And was speechless for hours Over some stupid flowers. Those birds will just nest anywhere. English majors begin your griping now.

Famous Poems Rewritten as Limericks is a self-explanatory webpage by Lore Sjoeberg. There once was a girl named Lenore And a bird and a bust and a door And a guy with. Its short and sweet. Famous Poems Rewritten as Limericks The Raven There once was a girl named Lenore And a bird and a bust and a door And a guy with depression And a whole lot of questions And the bird always says Nevermore.

This guy rewrote a whole bunch of famous poems as limericks. Thank you for the poems. Who proceeded to sweep him away. There are also many light-verse poetic forms such as limericks clerihews double-dactyls etc.

Bad Gods Famous Poems Rewritten as Limericks. Jameson Sothebys International Realty - Evanston IL. A friend of mine put up a Facebook post about the Tumblr phenomenon of rewriting famous poems as limericks. Famous Poems Rewritten as Limericks as brought to us by our very own Lore Sjoeberg.

Cause this world kinda. I cant wait to read your suggestions and 2 just because I always loved limericks here are some famous poems rewritten as limericks. The Stolen Child Limerick Rewrite A kid was approached by a Fay. Collection of Limericks by Edward Lear 1812-1888.

Limerick A humorous 5-line poetic form with an AABBA rhyme scheme. Heres a great little collection of famous poems rewritten as limericks including my favorite Poes Raven. There once was a girl named Lenore And a bird and a bust and a door And a guy with depression And a whole lot of questions And the bird always says Nevermore Footprints in the Sand There was a man who at low tide Would walk with the Lord by his side Jesus said. Famous Poems Rewritten as Limericks.