Questão PET - Let’s learn some characteristics of limericks. Read the poem below and answer the questions.

2 - Let’s learn some characteristics of limericks. Read the poem below and answer the questions.

The Satisfaction of Enough

Learning to let go of “stuff”

Is a task that can be very tough

We’re taught from our birth

That “stuff” is our worth

But that won’t get you the satisfaction of enough!

Available at Post Consumers.com https://www.postconsumers. com/2017/03/17/limericks-satisfaction-of-enough/. Accessed on May 2, 2020.

a) Is it a humorous poem? 

b) Is it short or long? 

c) How many lines are there in a limerick? 

d) Which lines rhyme? Give examples of the words that rhyme in these lines. 

e) Which lines are shorter? 

f) Based on the questions above, write some of the characteristics of a limerick.

RESPOSTA:

a) Yes, it is. 

b) It is short.

c) There are 5 lines.

d) The first, second, and fifth lines . Stuff, tough and enough.

e) The third and fourth lines .

f) A limerick is a humorous poem consisting of five lines. The first, second, and fifth lines must have seven to ten syllables while rhyming and having the same verbal rhythm. The third and fourth lines should only have five to seven syllables; they too must rhyme with each other and have the same rhythm.