tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post2986570463293609644..comments2024-03-19T04:32:18.795+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: The God of Thunder - A limerick for kidsBruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-71911290814587565572015-11-07T03:59:27.303+00:002015-11-07T03:59:27.303+00:00The plunder god cried from his horse,
"I'...The plunder god cried from his horse, <br />"I'm Loki, god of jest!" <br />As all the ladies turned and fled, <br />he'd nowt on, but a vest. <br />The Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04323413604073160469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-50296318907010890252015-11-05T13:48:48.469+00:002015-11-05T13:48:48.469+00:00@Karl - well, maybe not a true limerick; but it...@Karl - well, maybe not a true limerick; but it's more of a limerick than a ballad! - the 'true' ballad stanza has four lines and typically rhymes ABCB - as with:<br /><br />There lived a lady in the West,<br />I neer could find her marrow;<br />She was courted by nine gentlemen<br />And a ploughboy-lad in Yarrow.<br /><br />These nine sat drinking at the wine,<br />Sat drinking wine in Yarrow;<br />They made a vow among themselves<br />To fight for her in Yarrow. (etc)<br /><br /><br />Or AABB as with:<br /><br />My love he built me a bonny bower,<br />And clad it a’ wi’ lilye flour<br />A brawer bower ye ne’er did see,<br />Than my true love he built for me.<br /><br />There came a man, by middle day,<br />He spied his sport and went away;<br />And brought the king that very night,<br />Who brake my bower, and slew my knight. (etc)<br /><br />I think I've also seen AABA... But nothing like The Thunder God!Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-359984644439083322015-11-05T13:17:20.043+00:002015-11-05T13:17:20.043+00:00I'm sure it is a limerick at heart. We must em...I'm sure it is a limerick at heart. We must embrace diversity in our limericks! To say this is not a limerick but a ballad stanza would be judgmental, divisive, and hurtful.Karlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06030980000235824571noreply@blogger.com