# Let's rewrite Beowulf in Limerick Form

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rewrite-beowulf-in-limerick-form/676871>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [December 21, 2013, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rewrite-beowulf-in-limerick-form/676871 "2013-12-21T01:45:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2013, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rewrite-beowulf-in-limerick-form/676871/1 "2013-12-21T01:45:18Z")

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Inspired by Cal Meachum’s thread. Let’s rewrite Beowulf in Limerick form. All I ask is that we try to stick as close to the plot as possible. Please bold and indent your verse, so time comes to compile all of them, it will be easier to find.  
**A beast named Grendel thought noise  
From the mead hall Heorot annoys  
So to Hrothgar the Dane  
He would cause such great pain  
And turn his men’s skulls into toys.**

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**Author:** ![euellgong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7feea3/32.png) [@euellgong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/euellgong)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2013, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rewrite-beowulf-in-limerick-form/676871/2 "2013-12-23T23:40:57Z")

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::))) bla bla bla about nothing :))) sorry

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**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2013, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rewrite-beowulf-in-limerick-form/676871/3 "2013-12-24T18:23:23Z")

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A monster both fearsome and terrible  
Found the Danes down in Heorot scarible.  
He stomped and he smoted  
And wildly emoted  
In a rhyme scheme completely unbearable.

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**Author:** ![PigArcher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@PigArcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PigArcher)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2013, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rewrite-beowulf-in-limerick-form/676871/4 "2013-12-24T18:26:29Z")

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What rhymes with Hwæt?

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2014, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rewrite-beowulf-in-limerick-form/676871/5 "2014-01-05T16:31:06Z")

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Grendel killed the warriors in their sleep,  
And trashed the hell out of Heorot deep,  
But for Heorot’s throne,  
Which he left alone,  
For the powers that guarded it were steep.