Rhyme Verse Form Poem: Limerick

The other kind of poem is rhyme verse poem. One of the example of rhyme verse poem is limerick. The following is the example of an analysis of limerick.

 

Limerick 1	Limerick 2
There was a young man named Tim whose dad never taught him to swim He fell off a dock and sunk like a rock and that was the end of him	There was an old man from Peru who dreamed he was eating his shoe He awoke in the night with a terrible fright and found out that it was quite true

	Limerick 1	Limerick 2
Type of Poem	Rhymed Verse Forms, Forms of poems that utilize both rhyme and rhythm as their poetic devices. Limerick: Name of a city in Ireland. It was invented by soldiers returning from France to the Irish town of Limerick in the 1700's.   English limerick poem was popularized by Edward Lear in his Book of Nonsense (1846)
Paraphrase	This poem told about a young man named Tim that his dad never taught him to swim. One day, he suddenly fell off at a dock then he sunk/drown like a rock because he could not swim and eventually he died	This poem told about an old man from Peru who dreamed that he was eating his shoe. When he awoke, he felt in a terrible fright, because he found out that it (shoe) was quite true
Poetic devices:
Rhythm pattern	The limerick poem has a-a-b-b-a rhyme: 1st, 2nd, 5th lines have same rhyme a-a-a while 3rd, 4th lines have same rhyme b-b. Type of rhyme of the poem is End rhyme, because its rhyme places at the end of the stanza.	The limerick poem has a-a-b-b-a rhyme: 1st, 2nd, 5th lines have same rhyme a-a-a while 3rd, 4th lines have same rhyme b-b. Type of rhyme of the poem is End rhyme, because its rhyme places at the end of the stanza.
Rhyme pattern	Five lines (Quintet): There are two different patterns; 1st, 2nd, 5th rhythm pattern, and 3rd, 4th rhythm pattern. A limerick generally has 7-10 syllables in 1st, 2nd and 5th lines.  5-7 syllables in 3rd and 4th lines.	Five lines (Quintet): There are two different patterns; 1st, 2nd, 5th rhythm pattern, and 3rd, 4th rhythm pattern. A limerick generally has 7-10 syllables in 1st, 2nd and 5th lines.  5-7 syllables in 3rd and 4th lines.
Alliteration Onomatopoeia Repetition Comparison	None None None Simile: direct comparison between two things using word “like” “And sunk like a rock”.	None None None None
Language used Introducing sentences Setting time Idiom	Start with the line "There was a... Past time (was, fell off, taught, and sunk) Idiom/phrase (fell off)	Start with the line " There was an..." Past time (was, dreamed, awoke, found out) Idiom/phrase (found out)
Poetic diction Denotation Pun Imagery	The words employ in the poem is a denotation meaning. The words are concise and easy to understand. In the last line that contain something surprise Simile: “And sunk like a rock”	The words employ in the poem is a denotation meaning. The words are concise and easy to understand. In the last line that contain a funny statement or something surprise
Tone	Humorous Entertaining
Theme	Clumsy Young Fellow	Dreaming with eating shoe
Symbol	None	None
Message	Parents should teach their child as early as possible (e.g. school or course) People should think before doing something	We should pray before going to bed
Comments	Both of the limericks are simple and enjoyable. They are suitable for students of Junior High School (young children). They can be funny, and children will enjoy reading them in the classroom.

Analyzed by Norhenriady and Laily Mkhfudhoh