EXAMPLE OF HOW YOU HAVE TO WRITE. There was an old man of the West,
Who never could get any rest;
So they set him to spin,
On his nose and his chin,
Which cured that old man of the West.

Q: Make your own funny limerick. Follow the same rhyming pattern.
Lines 1, 2, and 5 should rhyme.
Lines 3 and 4 should rhyme.
Lines 1, 2, and 5 should have three beats. (These are called feet: 1. There was/ 2. an old man/3. of the West/)
Lines 3 and 4 should have two beats.

In comparing "minerva and arachne" and "niobe," can you establish a common theme running throughout both texts? how do you think this theme might change if the stories were written in first-person point of view? write a journal entry explaining the theme of both "minerva and arachne" and "nirobe." then, consider how the theme might change if the tales were written using a first-person point of view. use examples and evidence from both texts to support your analysis.