English Limericks May 2019

Lesson: English

Class: Year 4R Year: 2018 - 2019

This week we have been learning about the Victorian poet, Edward Lear. He began life as a serious artist drawing pictures for Regent's Park zoooligical society and the British museum. He even gave drawing lessons to Queen Victoria! Later in life he became more well known for his poems. He wrote nonsense poetry and was very famous for writing Limericks. Today we have been learning Limericks by heart.