Friday, April 1, 2011

Limerick - Fear of a Toad

This is a poem that is often tells a light and humorous story. The original pattern is a five line stanza, but there have been the occasional four line stanza. Traditionally the first and fifth line end in the same word. The rhyme is: a.a.b.b.a.

“Fear of a Toad”

Little Suzie walked down the road
Where she did happened to find a toad
She gave a grand shout
And soon did black out
And the little toad hopped right down the road

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