Laugh out loud with this captivating collection of more than 350 limericks. This volume features selections by legendary poets Robert Frost, Edward Lear, and Carolyn Wells; renowned writers Lewis Carroll, James Joyce, Rudyard Kipling, William Shakespeare, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Mark Twain; and world leaders Prime Minister Clement Attlee, Queen Elizabeth I, and President Woodrow Wilson. A limerick is a five-line rhyming poem with a bouncy rhythm. Enjoy common varieties, including geographical and bawdy limericks, as well as tongue twisters and creative misspellings. Travel the world with a man from Nantucket and a young lady of Niger. Explore the animal kingdom with a fly and a flea in a flue and a pelican with food stuffed in his beak. Experience the mundane, such as a tooting tutor tutoring two tooters, and the peculiar, including walking around a room that has no floor. With classics from the golden age and contemporary verse, this irresistible, rib-tickling anthology has something for everyone, from humor buffs to poetry lovers.
There Once Was a Limerick Anthology: Lewis Carroll, Robert Frost, Edward Lear, Mark Twain, Carolyn Wells, Woodrow Wilson and Others -
2022 |
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Engels
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Laugh out loud with this captivating collection of more than 350 limericks. This volume features selections by legendary poets Robert Frost, Edward Lear, and Carolyn Wells; renowned writers Lewis Carroll, James Joyce, Rudyard Kipling, William Shakespeare, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Mark Twain; and world leaders Prime Minister Clement Attlee, Queen Elizabeth I, and President Woodrow Wilson. A limerick is a five-line rhyming poem with a bouncy rhythm. Enjoy common varieties, including geographical and bawdy limericks, as well as tongue twisters and creative misspellings. Travel the world with a man from Nantucket and a young lady of Niger. Explore the animal kingdom with a fly and a flea in a flue and a pelican with food stuffed in his beak. Experience the mundane, such as a tooting tutor tutoring two tooters, and the peculiar, including walking around a room that has no floor. With classics from the golden age and contemporary verse, this irresistible, rib-tickling anthology has something for everyone, from humor buffs to poetry lovers.
Specificaties
Uitgeverij | Van Ditmar Boekenimport B.V. |
Genre | Poëzie |
Uitgave | Zachte kaft |
Aantal pagina's | 96 |
Verschenen op | 17-08-2022 |
ISBN / EAN | 9780486849614 |
Taal | Engels |