The Fifth Line

The Fifth Line

John Arthur Nichol

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Moonflight Press
Año de edición:
2020
ISBN:
9780648905905
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There was an Old Man who was cheeredu2029When the birds made a home in his beard;u2029But the ostrich was bannedu2029On account of the sand,u2029So it stood at the window and sneered.One hundred and twelve brand new limericks based on Edward Lear’s ground-breaking work, A Book of Nonsense.u2029Plus Edward Lear’s original verses.u2029That’s two hundred and twenty four limericks!u2029But why the new new take on old poems?u2029Because Edward Lear skipped the most important part of a limerick - the fifth line, which adds a twist to the story and makes us chuckle.u2029The Fifth Line draws on every verse in A Book of Nonsense, creating from each a brand new limerick with the twist and chuckle it deserves.u2029They’re all here, from An Old Man With a Nose to A Young Lady Whose Bonnet, and everything in between.u2029The Fifth Line: Limericks After Lear.u2029Plus Lear.

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