My limericks

[R. M. Cleminson]

This discussion seems to be predicated on the assumption that Professor Townsend intends his limericks to have perfect rhymes.  He is maintaining a discreet silence, but this may not be the case.  The not-quite rhyme is often used for comic effect, and there are precedents in the work of the Master himself, Edward Lear, for example (I quote from memory):

 There once was a man who said "Hush!
 I perceive a young bird in this bush."
 When they asked "Is is small?"
 He replied "Not at all:
 It is four times as big as the bush."

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Od: "Robert Orr" <colkitto at ROGERS.COM>
Komu: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
Odoslané: štvrtok, 31. máj 2012 4:28:37
Predmet: Re: [SEELANGS] My limericks

 
" Let's all join the chorus " 
" For our fabled Horace " 

how many people rhyme "chorus" and "Horace"? 


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