Edward Lear, Limericks, and Nonsense: A Little Nonsense

This lesson plan explores the characteristics of the nonsense poem as developed by British poet Edward Lear and focuses on Lear’s well-known poem “The Owl and the Pussy Cat.” Students learn to recognize poetic devices such as rhyme, syllabification, and meter, and figures of speech such as alliteration, onomatopoeia, and personification, by analyzing nonsense poems and writing one of their own.

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The Sense Beneath Edward Lear's Nonsense

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Nonsense Limericks

The Complete Nonsense and Other Verse by Edward Lear - Penguin Books Australia

A book of limericks

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The Limerick: A Unit Study

The Nonsense Limericks of Edward Lear: (Limerick Poems for Kids ages 8 and up): 9781985584242: Publishing, Birchall: Books

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