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3.33 AVERAGE
3.33 AVERAGE
robinblankenship's review against another edition
1.0
First off 112 of these in one book was way to many. Not really funny. Pictures were racist Caricature. The style of writing was old and would not be understood by kids today. And Shame he used the word, Ass. Just kidding that part was fine.
ronan_lynch's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 stars
Technically the title admits that it is filled with nonsense and it does not lie. It's filled with disconnected quintains. Some of them are fun, some of them present new words that can be googled and learned, some poems seem to say: Learn geography with Lear! There are some slightly gruesome ones with people dying in uncommon ways and it seems to be kink with Lear, but whatever keeps his boat floating!
Things I liked:
1: The invention of words. My favorite: ombliferous. I think we should invite gen Z to a Lear reading party and have them find uses for those unknown, made up words and popularize them.
2: Edward Lear said: away with toxic masculinity and I love it!
ㅤㅤㅤ"There was an Old Man with a poker,
ㅤㅤㅤㅤWho painted his face with red oker;
ㅤㅤㅤㅤWhen they said, “You’re a Guy!”
ㅤㅤㅤㅤHe made no reply,
ㅤㅤㅤㅤBut knocked them all down with his poker."
3: Some of the poems appear like writing prompts inviting someone else to make a story out of them, since a lot of the people he writes about are a little bit off and fantasy authors do love to write about characters with strange quirks. Examples:
ㅤㅤㅤ1: "There was an Old Person of Cromer,
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤWho stood on one leg to read Homer"
ㅤㅤㅤ2: "There was an Old Person of Tring,
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤWho embellished his nose with a ring;
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤHe gazed at the moon,
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤEvery evening in June"
ㅤㅤㅤ3: "He built a balloon, To examine the moon"
*Only got to read an edition with 112 poems and no illustrations, so I might be severely lacking in some other fun stuff.*
Technically the title admits that it is filled with nonsense and it does not lie. It's filled with disconnected quintains. Some of them are fun, some of them present new words that can be googled and learned, some poems seem to say: Learn geography with Lear! There are some slightly gruesome ones with people dying in uncommon ways and it seems to be kink with Lear, but whatever keeps his boat floating!
Things I liked:
1: The invention of words. My favorite: ombliferous. I think we should invite gen Z to a Lear reading party and have them find uses for those unknown, made up words and popularize them.
2: Edward Lear said: away with toxic masculinity and I love it!
ㅤㅤㅤ"There was an Old Man with a poker,
ㅤㅤㅤㅤWho painted his face with red oker;
ㅤㅤㅤㅤWhen they said, “You’re a Guy!”
ㅤㅤㅤㅤHe made no reply,
ㅤㅤㅤㅤBut knocked them all down with his poker."
3: Some of the poems appear like writing prompts inviting someone else to make a story out of them, since a lot of the people he writes about are a little bit off and fantasy authors do love to write about characters with strange quirks. Examples:
ㅤㅤㅤ1: "There was an Old Person of Cromer,
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤWho stood on one leg to read Homer"
ㅤㅤㅤ2: "There was an Old Person of Tring,
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤWho embellished his nose with a ring;
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤHe gazed at the moon,
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤEvery evening in June"
ㅤㅤㅤ3: "He built a balloon, To examine the moon"
*Only got to read an edition with 112 poems and no illustrations, so I might be severely lacking in some other fun stuff.*
katrina_d's review against another edition
1.0
A book of rhymes... some of which do not rhyme.. that are nonsense. Not entertaining in the least.
amkhasawneh's review against another edition
3.0
Alas, the book is kind of corrupt, so I'm not sure I've read all of the limericks. Nor could I find a decent copy anywhere.
It's entertaining, anyway.
It's entertaining, anyway.
saarahnina's review against another edition
5.0
Fun
A rather short, fun book. It can teach advanced vocabulary- descriptive words mostly and the pronunciation of countries and places- to young children.
A rather short, fun book. It can teach advanced vocabulary- descriptive words mostly and the pronunciation of countries and places- to young children.
kiwikathleen's review against another edition
2.0
Once again, this book does NOT translate into an e-book (unless ytou've got a version with wonderful colour illustrations ...). I've seen various of Lear's limericks illustrated, and the quirky pictures are vital to the humour. This is also a look-at-one-page-or-two with the grandchildren kind of book.
adrianascarpin's review against another edition
4.0
É muito bom, mas o tema de old/young person acaba por se tornar repetitivo, quando acabou dei graças a Zeus.