Format : Aaaa (post 1) aaaa (post 2) bbbb (post 3) bbbb (post 4) aaaa (post 5) Lines one, two, and five rhyme, and lines three and four. First user posts the first line (post 1), and second user post the second line (post 2), so on and so forth. Example: There once was a limerick game Where some lines sounded the same Except for those two over there thought to be a pair Having the same name I'll start and keep priming it if need be: There once was a very naughty girl
A user here told me about a structured syllable count for the limericks. I played this game on another forum last year in a thread that was created by a moderator and published writer and there wasn't any syllable count that I was aware of by the time I joined in. I'll just keep it simple for now and save the syllable count for the haikus, and if anyone thinks a count should be implemented they can leave a comment. And thank you to the user that told me about this.
There once was a very naughty girl whose morality had begun to unfurl from within the Freudian id (I pronounce it eye-d)
There once was a very naughty girl whose morality had begun to unfurl from within the Freudian id She lusted and then she denied By the bye, I'm the person of interest who said Limericks should have a 9,9,6,6,9 syllable structure. Famous example There once was a man from Nantucket. Since then I've run across examples of some Limericks using an 8,8,5,5,8 structure (one syallable less per line, consistently). At first I balked, but it grew on me, and I see that it works. I still maintain however that my favorite, and what I consider the classic, is the Nantucket model. That said, I now have an issue with the meter and foot used here. (I know, let the booing and hissing commence. Hey, I'm open to being proven wrong, in fact I welcome it. I just want to learn what the actual rules are for Limericks.) Let me highlight the accented (stressed) syllables—the ones that get the emphasis put on them: There once was a very naughty girl Ok, 9 syllables—so far so good. However (and I might be stickling too much. If anybody knows the actual rules, please speak up) note the stressed syllables here: There once was a man from Nantucket It's the same until the end, where you have emphasis on the first and third syllables in Naughty girl, but on the second in Nantucket. The solution I can see is to pronounce it naughty girl, but that's awkward and requires distorting the way the words are naturally pronounced. I think that's a large part of the Limerick game, making sure the words are pronounced naturally, without the need to distort any of them to fit the meter. Am I just being too much of a stickler? Should I just shut up and let the game commence? EDIT—Actually I'm beginning to warm up to the different meter pattern. It just takes me a while. I may stickle for a moment, but I can become unstuckled.
If I could only go back in time, or "turn back time" - like in that Cher song. Maybe keep the uncounted version here and I could create another thread appropriately titled and do it the Nantucket way (99669). Maybe rename this thread too.
If somebody wants to make the Nantucket thread, by all means, but I am now officially cool with the way you're doing it here. Sorry you had to put up with my weirdness. I've decided to "Break out the Rigor Mortis" (as the guy said in Return of the Living Dead) and try to get some flexibility back in these old bones.
There once was a very naughty girl whose morality had begun to unfurl from within the Freudian id She lusted and then she denied I thought this might create a slight problem, so I'm going to critique it. the line: from within the Freudian id "id" is important in this case because it ends the line where it is to be rhymed with the ending of the following line. I take "id" to be interpreted as (true) identity, and there are variations on this, so the pronunciation would be like a state ID (eye-dee), therefore... There once was a very naughty girl whose morality had begun to unfurl from within the Freudian id where only she herself could see That's my take on it.
There once was a very naughty girl whose morality had begun to unfurl from within the Freudian id where only she herself could see a metaphorical blackened pearl There once was a star in the sky
There once was a star in the sky whose fire was always on high Though not too hot nor cold dubbed the Goldilocks zone
There once was a star in the sky whose fire was always on high Though not too hot nor cold dubbed the Goldilocks zone where nothing ever goes awry There once was a promising day
There once was a promising day like so many others passed away Into the oblivion of deja vu where there was only the illusion of new
There once was a promising day like so many others passed away Into the oblivion of deja vu where there was only the illusion of new and that's all I have to say
There once was a promising day like so many others passed away Into the oblivion of deja vu where there was only the illusion of new and that's all I have to say There once was a perilous plight
There once was a perilous plight with no resolution in sight Dance with the damned I say I've lived long enough, anyway
There once was a perilous plight with no resolution in sight Dance with the damned I say I've lived long enough, anyway Fight or flight
