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LIMERICKS

EDWARD LEAR - LIMERICKS ANÓNIMOS


Otros poemas breves que me gustan son los limericks, la estrofa del nonsense inglés. Algunos limericks de Edward Lear:




There was an Old Man with a beard,
Who said, 'It is just as I feared!
Two Owls and a Hen,
Four Larks and a Wren,
Have all built their nests in my beard!'




There was a Young Lady whose bonnet,
Came untied when the birds sate upon it;
But she said: 'I don't care!
All the birds in the air
Are welcome to sit on my bonnet!'




There was a Young Lady of Hull,
Who was chased by a virulent bull;
But she seized on a spade,
And called out, 'Who's afraid?'
Which distracted that virulent bull.




There was an Old Man who said, 'Hush!
I perceive a young bird in this bush!'
When they said, 'Is it small?'
He replied, 'Not at all!
It is four times as big as the bush!'


Algunos limericks anónimos:


There was a young lady from Riga,
Who went for a ride on a tiger:
They returned from the ride
With the lady inside
And a smile on the face of the tiger.


There was an old party of Lyme
Who married three wives at one time.
When asked: 'Why the third?'
He replied: 'One's absurd,
And bygamy, sir, is a crime.'


A wonderful bird is the pelican,
His mouth can hold more than his belican,
He can take in his beak
Enough food for a week-
I'm damned if I know how the helican.


There was a young man from Japan
Whose limericks never would scan;
When they said it was so,
He replied, 'Yes, I know,
But I always try to get as many words into the last line as I possibly can.'


Un grupo lo forman los limericks intelectuales, mezcla de absurdo y cientificismo:


Relativity

There was a young lady named Bright,
Who travelled much faster than light,
She started one day
In the relative way,
And returned on the previous night.


Mendelian Theory

There was a young woman called Starkie,
Who had an affair with a darky.
The results of her sins
Was quadruplets, not twins-
One black, and one white, and two khaki.


Mind and Matter

There was a faith-healer of Deal,
Who said, 'Alhtough pain isn't real,
If a sit on a pin
And it punctures my skin,
I dislike waht I fancy I feel.'


Ultimate reality

There was an old man in a trunk,
Who inquired of his wife, 'Am I drunk?'
She replied with regret,
'I'm afraid so, my pet.'
And he answered, 'It's just as I thunk.'

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