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n‘Tisnthe birthday of Edward Lear
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nWhosenlimericks brought us great cheer.
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n Henhad such a style
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n Henmakes us all smile
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nSonlet’s honor him from far and near!
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Limericksnare five-line poems with the rhyming scheme you see in my littlenattempt here: Lines 1,2, and 5 rhyme, and Lines 3 and 4 rhyme. Thesenshort poems usually have a bouncy rhythm that goes something likenthis: La-LA-la-la-LA-la-la-LA, and they are often funny or at leastnpunny. (Bad puns abound!)n
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nTherenwas an Old Man with a beard,
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n Whonsaid, “It is just as I feared!
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n –TwonOwls and a Hen,
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n FournLarks and a Wren,
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n Havenall built their nests in my beard!”
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n Anjolly young fellow from Yuma
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n Toldnan elephant joke to a puma;
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n Nownhis skeleton lies
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n Beneathnhot western skies
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n IsnAlgebra a fruitless endeavor?
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n It seems they’ve been tryingnforever
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n Ancanner, exceedingly canny,
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n Anythingnthat he can;
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n Butna canner can’t can a can, can he?”
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