Warming up and listeningUn i t4A Garden of Poemspoemsongrhyme( 押韵诗 )limerick ( 打油诗 )free verse ( 自由诗 ) sonnet( 十四行诗 )Pick an apple,Pick a pear,Pick a banana over there
Let’s work, and let’s play,Picking apples every day
A rhymepearthereplaydayA large lady from Corfu,Wished to travel to Peru
But Whether buses or trainsOr boarding aeroplanes,There wasn’t a door she’d get through
What’s the meaning of this limerick
Corfu is an island that belongs to Greece
Peru is a country on the northeast coast of Latin America
A teacher from Singapore
Taught at middle school No 4
It didn’t take students longTo see something was wrong:The man was as mad as a door
What is the pattern of each poem
The limerick is made up of 5 lines
Usually , lines 1,2, and 5 rhyme, (Corfu, Peru, through; Singapore, 4, door),
