A fun read and complete nonsense :)

The best takeaway of the book of Nonsense is to contribute more nonsense, so I wrote my first limerick, a clumsy imitation:

There was a Young Lady of Aton,
who loved nothing but quantum;
She wrote on the whiteboard,
fiddled with the odd, but she got weary and
dozed under the black curtain.

My kid loved having this read to her!

There is a literary term called limerick. It is a 5 line poem. This book has 100 such limericks. Check http://www.literarydevices.com/limerick/ to see some examples. A few were amusing, but I found most to be nonsense - as accurately mentioned in the title of the book!

This book’s name does actually matches its content AND I WAS NOT READY FOR THAT!
Considering the book’s blurb, I expected the verses to be quite humorous, nevertheless, personally, I found that the underlying tone of its nonexistent parody to be deeply depressing and reflecting of the melancholic state of the author.
I don’t think I’ll ever be able to recommend this book to any group age. However, I believe it might be suitable for a critical commentary study.

n  There was an Old Man of Whitehaven,
Who danced a quadrille with a Raven;
But they said, "It's absurd,
To encourage this bird!"
So the smashed that Old Man of Whitehaven.n

I picked this up from the Oxfam Online Second-hand Bookshop when I was looking for some folios to add to our collection. Having found Edward Lear's Complete Nonsense, I noticed this lovely edition of his first published Limericks.

You can't help but smile as you read them and you linger on the page, soaking up the illustrations which bring the amusing scenarios to life. I am even more looking forward to reading the Folio now. 4 stars.

i luv u edward but these limericks are just nonsenically BAD ahhaha

“A Book of Nonsense ” by Edward Lear
One of the earliest books I was given as a child. It was a school award.
Rather harsh towards certain characters.
“There was a Young Lady of Troy, Whom several large flies did annoy; Some she killed”
“There was an Old Man of Peru, Who watched his wife making a stew; But once by mistake, In a stove she did bake, That unfortunate Man of Peru.”

NONSENSE!!

trying to make a SENSE out of this book is NONSENSE !!!
:) at first, I tried, but that definitely doesn't make a sense no matter how much I tried to!
I really enjoyed the nonsense in this book thought its really nonsense!

recommended strongly! O)

Strange and funny plus the illustrations are fascinating.

Disturbingly brilliant xD

Quite good for entertainment

The boon Is basically a listo of verses. They allá have a rhyme and weere melodic. What i toon with me the most was the fact they use a Lot of vicabulary. Out of that the book of called the book of nonsenses and the book takes really serious.