Question

There once was a man who had ripped pants He kept his legs close whenever he danced

He never got new ones cause he had to pay
I don't have no money is what he would say


i got that so far i know i need one more line but i don't understand what i should say would it make sense to say the man never got have new pants

Answer 1

Just because it has five lines and rhymes, that does not make it a limerick. There is a certain very strict meter which must be followed. Read a bunch of them, then try again. Your meter is way off.

The rhythm must be as in

There was an old man from Nantucket
Who kept all his cash in a bucket.
His daughter, named Nan,
Ran away with a man,
And as for the bucket, Nan tuck it!

The best limericks, besides having good scansion and rhyme, usually contain an amusing twist in the last line, as in

A limerick's never averse
To expressing itself in a terse
Economical style,
And yet all the while,
A limerick's <i>always</it> a verse!</i>

Answer 2

oops - bad closing tag...