What did you notice about the poems?

There once was a young man from Ealing,

Who would always hang from the ceiling.

He couldn’t wear a hat,

But could hang like a bat,

And said, “What a wonderful feeling!”

There was an old Martian named Zed,

With blue spots all over his head.

He sent out a lot,

Of di-di-dash-dot-dot,

But nobody knows what he said!

There once was a young man from Ealing,

Who would always hang from the ceiling.

He couldn’t wear a hat,

But could hang like a bat,

And said, “What a wonderful feeling!”

There once was a young man from Ealing,

Who would always hang from the ceiling.

He couldn’t wear a hat,

But could hang like a bat,

And said, “What a wonderful feeling!”

Lines 3 and 4 rhyme.

Lines 1, 2 and 5 rhyme.

Lines 1, 2 and 5 are longer and usually have�eight to ten syllables.

Lines 3 and 4 are

shorter and have five or six syllables.

Limericks follow�a typical rhythm:

There once was a young man from Ealing,

Who would always hang from the ceiling.

He couldn’t wear a hat,

But could hang like a bat,

And said, “What a wonderful feeling!”

There once was a young man from Ealing,

Who would always hang from the ceiling.

He couldn’t wear a hat,

But could hang like a bat,

And said, “What a wonderful feeling!”

The first line sets�up the subject so it usually�ends with the name�of a person or place.

Limericks follow�a typical rhythm:

There once was a young man from Ealing,

Who would always hang from the ceiling.

He couldn’t wear a hat,

But could hang like a bat,

And said, “What a wonderful feeling!”

The first line begins with a phrase starting with ‘There’, like this one.

The second line gives more details about the subject.

Line 3 gives us some action about the subject.

Line 4 gives us some more action about the subject.

The last line is usually the consequence of lines 3 and 4.