Warmingup,listeningandSpeakingUnit4AGardenofPoemspoemsongrhyme(押韵诗)limerick(打油诗)freeverse(自由诗)sonnet(十四行诗)Pickanapple,Pickapear,Pickabananaoverthere
Let’swork,andlet’splay,Pickingappleseveryday
ArhymepearthereplaydayAlargeladyfromCorfu,WishedtotraveltoPeru
ButWhetherbusesortrainsOrboardingaeroplanes,Therewasn’tadoorshe’dgetthrough
What’sthemeaningofthislimerick
CorfuisanislandthatbelongstoGreece
PeruisacountryonthenortheastcoastofLatinAmerica
AteacherfromSingapore
TaughtatmiddleschoolNo4
Itdidn’ttakestudentslongToseesomethingwaswrong:Themanwasasmadasadoor
Whatisthepatternofeachpoem
Thelimerickismadeupof5lines
Usually,lines1,2,and5rhyme,(Corfu,Peru,through;Singapore,4,door),whilelines3and4alsorhyme(trains,Aeroplanes;long,wrong)
Pattern:aabbaIt’sfunny
Itiswrittenjusttomakeotherslaugh
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