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Limerick: A Beginner’s Guide

11th Jul 2020 ~ Rosie Wood ~ Leave a comment

I was personally introduced to poetry through the limerick. I grew up reading Edward Lear's Complete Nonsense and having my mother and grandma recite silly rhymes to me. Limericks stick in your head due to their uniform metre and rhyme scheme, which is probably why I can recite so many of them today (much to … Continue reading Limerick: A Beginner’s Guide

Hi there! I’m Rosie Wood, I have been writing poetry avidly for 13 years (unlucky for some!)

When I was a teen, one of my guiltiest (and nerdiest) pleasures was getting a pencil and a poetry book and scribbling my amateur analysis all over it.

One English Literature degree and half a postgraduate creative writing degree later, I hope that my current book scribblings aren’t quite as sacreligious!

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