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Limericks and Double Dactyls,[object Object]
Limerick,[object Object],5 lines,[object Object],Rhyme AABBA,[object Object],Meter: De dum de dedum de dedum (de) X 2,[object Object],De dum de dedum X 2,[object Object],De dum de dedum de dedum(de),[object Object]
There was a young lady from IckenhamWho went on a bus-trip to Twickenham.She drank too much beer,Which made her feel queer,So she took off her boots and was sick-in-'em.,[object Object]
A hooker there was from Victoria,[object Object],Who went by the nickname of Gloria.,[object Object],Her clients to please,,[object Object],She’d go down on her knees.,[object Object],They’d leave in a state of euphoria.,[object Object]
There was a young hooker from Kew,[object Object],Who filled her vagina with glue,[object Object],She said with a grin,[object Object],Well, they paid to get in,[object Object],They can pay to get out again, too.,[object Object]
Double Dactyl,[object Object],Whole poem is one sentence,[object Object],Two four-line stanzas,[object Object],All except 4 and eight are dactylic dimeter,[object Object],4 and 8 are dactyl + one stress  (dumdiddydum) aka a “choriamb” and they rhyme.,[object Object],First line is nonsense word: eg “higgledy piggledy”,[object Object],Second line usually introduces the topic and is often the name of a person, best if a double-dactyl (Hans Christian Anderson, Emily Dickinson, Alfred Lord Tennyson),[object Object],Sixth line is often a single word.  Eg parthenogenesis,[object Object]
Long-short-short, long-short-shortDactyls in dimeter,Verse form with choriambs(Masculine rhyme):One sentence (two stanzas)HexasyllabicallyChallenges poets whoDon't have the time. ,[object Object]
I’ve often wondered inWhat kind of orbit aPlanet proceeds in aTesseract space?,[object Object],Multidimensional,Hyperelliptical,Dizzying spacemen inTrans-solar chase.,[object Object]
Hiffalump-heffalump,MeteorologistsIssue their forecasts onEach evening's news.Much as they'd like to giveDelphic-oracularStatements, don't bet on theWeather; you'll lose.,[object Object]
Double Dactyl Words,[object Object],Characteristically,[object Object],Aristocratically,[object Object],Nonconfrontational,[object Object],Semi-orgasmically,[object Object],Megalomania,[object Object],Microbiology,[object Object],anthropomorphically,[object Object],Uncomplimentary,[object Object],Indianapolis,[object Object],Parapsychology,[object Object],Garden-variety,[object Object],Incontrovertibly,[object Object],Ultra-traditional,[object Object],antipornography,[object Object]
Activity,[object Object],For class: write one double dactyl per group, and two limericks: one “clean” and one “not-so-clean” (try not to be absolutely offensive).  Be prepared to read to class.,[object Object],For homework: write two double-dactyls and three limericks. Try to make them of contemporary or local interest – about people or events we would recognize.  Peer editors, check for meter, accuracy and overall effect.,[object Object]

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