There was a woman from Sparta who read
From a cart full of books by her bed
She started the new year
With some poems by Lear
This bookworm from Sparta who read

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Popsugar Reading Challenge 2024 Prompt: a collection of at least 24 poems

Around the Year in 52 Books 2024 Prompt: a book that is not a novel

Review: I remember being introduced to Edward Lear very briefly in a high school English class, but I definitely did not appreciate his limericks at the time. Now as an adult, I realize how brilliantly funny they are and have a whole new appreciation for this artist and poet. James Wines’s illustrations are whimsical and detailed, and complement the poems beautifully!

1 of: The Nonsense Poems [Hardcover:]
By: Edward Lear and illustrated by Leslie Brooke
Condition: Used - Good
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and there was a postcard inside



The word "runcible" was apparently one of Lear's favourite inventions, appearing in several of his works in reference to a number of different objects. source - wiki

Pooh! - this doesn't include any of his limericks so I'll have to search again for those

Does exactly what it says on the tin or, in this case, on the book cover. This is a book of limericks that will either make you laugh, or groan in despair.

This is a remarkably goofy and entertaining book for little people. Lear did write nonsense, yet, if you’ve ever had children or are currently blessed with them, this book should be read aloud. The giggles alone from the young ones will cure whatever ails you.

There was an untalented man named Lear
Who thought he was Seuss, or Silverstein, I fear
Well I tell ya, he wasn't
And I wished I doesn't
Had read this kerfloppety schmear

To be honest, there wasn't enough nonsense.

Relaxing, funny and light reading :3 I guess I need to try and read limericks in English now :))

This collection of 112 silly limericks (so a short book). The limericks in general rhyme the last line with the first two by reusing the last words and so are a bit repetitive and flat. The limericks are inoffensive and silly, not the sort of ribaldry one might normally associate them with.

I notice the introduction to the book mentions drawings, but the ebook I read displayed none on my ereader. It is a Gutenberg ebook (i.e. free) and so worth every penny I paid for it.

The thing I enjoy most about nonsense poetry is the clever wit. This collection however was sadly devoid of this.

Magnificent! I just love how it's a fast read. It also shows how someone, if they try, can discover and use different words from the norm. I was just amazed at the many, less or hardly ever used, words were placed in this artwork.

The preeminent example of nonsense literature and limerick. Short mini-tales in verse that are fun, whimsical, humorous, and rhyme, but ultimately don’t have much logical sense, even if the structure of the individual sentences possess a sense, logic, and even a repetitive structural pattern. It is the ultimate example of style before substance, while being light-hearted and lacking the seriousness of other types of literature that emphasize style over meaning such as some of the French Symbolist poets.

I defer to Roald Dahl speaking through Willy Wonka: A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.