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Juniper Cole

Limerick for Register Four

There's a girl on register fourwho has memorised everyone's store — whose kid has the flu, whose landlord won't do,and she asks. Which is what it is for.

About the limerickA five-line poem with a bouncing rhythm, usually playful and built around a punchline.

A limerick is a short, playful poem of five lines. Its rhymes and quick rhythm set up a small story or joke, and the last line usually lands the turn. Limericks are often silly, though not always.

The shape Five lines rhyming AABBA: lines one, two and five have three beats; lines three and four have two.

Listen for Two long rhymed lines, two short ones, then a last line that closes the joke.

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Juniper Cole

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Newer to this than it looks. Writes small, on purpose.

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