Pride and Prejudice (IP)

Cherry

By Rhiannonw

Tue, 22 Jan 2013
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20 comments
 

Five daughters of age to be married,
a mother who flustered and flurried;
with a cad one took flight,
two wed happily, despite;
(pride and prejudice humbled and buried).

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Comments

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on
Limericks...deceptively simple, but such a challenge to write. You have captured the essence,here Rhiannon, quite perfectly. More than well done;-) Tina

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on
Well, thank you, Tina, very much. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by alex_tomlin on
I agree with Tina, limericks are hard to get right, but you've nailed this one. Good stuff.

Submitted by Rhiannonw on
Glad you thought so Alex, thanks for saying so. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by andrea on
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Submitted by luigi_pagano on
A good one, Rhiannon.

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on
Thanks, Andrea and Luigi Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on
thanks, Bear. As you know I enjoy playing around with rhyme ideas, but this idea of condensing a book was quite a challenge, especially to keep it under some regulation of form and humour and clear content. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by tcook on
The best yet! A cherry for you.

Submitted by Rhiannonw on
Well, thank you Tony, and thank you for the cherry! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Bee on
This made me smile. Bee
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Submitted by Rhiannonw on
Glad about that! and thank you for telling me. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by TVR on
Hi Rhiannon. Fantastic to see such acclaim for your limerick. Like others have said above, they appear easy but are tricky to get right. I think you really pulled it off here. Works a treat. Congrats on cherry. Trev

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Submitted by Rhiannonw on
Thank you, Trev. Yes, fun to do, but tricky getting it short and to the point! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Melkur on
Concise and elegant. Well done on the cherries. :)

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on
thank you, Melkur, very much. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Denzella on
Apologies for being so late reading this. Thought it was really clever and such a difficult thing to do. Moya
 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on
Hullo! it is always nice to get such a comment at any time. It was a bit of fun and challenge at the time, but, of course seemed to have to go through a lot of 'sculpting' before it worked! regards, Rhiannon

 

Submitted by jeand on

Hi Rhiannon

Limericks are such fun, and this was such a specific topic, that it took a lot of thinking to get the meter right, and tell the story all in five lines.

Jean

Jean Day

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thanks, Jean. Yes, was fun! Rhiannon