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There once was a squirrel called Orange.

Who lived under a sporange

The spores made him sick

And his head felt quite thick

 

7 hours ago, Raven said:

There once was a squirrel called Orange...

 There's names for p... people like you :rolol:

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I think poppy's line is the perfect end to a limerick using 'orange' at the end of the first line!

 

There once was a squirrel called Orange.

Who lived under a sporange

The spores made him sick

And his head felt quite thick.

There's names for p... people like you 

 

OK, poppy, you start the next one!

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There once was a squirrel called Orange.

Who lived under a sporange

The spores made him sick

And his head felt quite thick

But was attended to by a Morange

 

I pass, someone else please start the next rhyme. :)

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Interesting -  not easily found, but it seems that it does exist. You can learn something new every day!

 

So now we have, more or less, cracked the Limerick rhyme scheme, can we please try to learn its rhythm - which is somewhat like this:

 

Di dah/ diddy dah/ diddy dada

Di dah/ diddy dah/ diddy dada

Di dah/ diddy dah

Di dah/ diddy dah

Di dah/ diddy dah/ diddy dada

 

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2 hours ago, megustaleer said:

 

I think poppy's line is the perfect end to a limerick using 'orange' at the end of the first line!

 

There once was a squirrel called Orange.

Who lived under a sporange

The spores made him sick

And his head felt quite thick.

There's names for p... people like you 

 

OK, poppy, you start the next one!

 

 

Pff, quitter!

 

40 minutes ago, muggle not said:

 

There once was a squirrel called Orange.

Who lived under a sporange

The spores made him sick

And his head felt quite thick

But was attended to by a Morange

 

 

See, perfectly doable! 

 

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10 hours ago, megustaleer said:

Interesting -  not easily found, but it seems that it does exist. You can learn something new every day!

 

So now we have, more or less, cracked the Limerick rhyme scheme, can we please try to learn its rhythm - which is somewhat like this:

 

Di dah/ diddy dah/ diddy dada

Di dah/ diddy dah/ diddy dada

Di dah/ diddy dah

Di dah/ diddy dah

Di dah/ diddy dah/ diddy dada

 

 

Another way of explaining it is that there are three stressed beats on lines 1, 2 and 5. And two stressed beats on lines 3 and 4.

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1 hour ago, poppy said:

 

Another way of explaining it is that there are three stressed beats on lines 1, 2 and 5. And two stressed beats on lines 3 and 4.

 

 

Also, were this music, it would sound a little bit like the Doctor Who theme.

 

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There once was a squirrel called Orange.

Who lived under a sporange

The spores made him sick

And his head felt quite thick

But was attended to by a Morange

 

I pass, someone else please start the next rhyme. :)

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